Research Article
Comparison of Multiple Surface Ocean Wind Products with Buoy Data over Blue Amazon (Brazilian Continental Margin)
Table 2
Main characteristics of the considered wind products.
| Wind product | Type of dataset | Included data sources | Processing level | Spatial resolution | Temporal resolution | Time coverage |
| ASCAT-A Coastal | Satellite | ASCAT/MetOP-A | L2B | 12.5 km | 3–5 swaths/day | 2007–present | ASCAT-B Coastal | Satellite | ASCAT/MetOP-B | L2B | 12.5 km | 3–5 swaths/day | 2012–present | ASCAT-CDR | Satellite | ASCAT/MetOP-A | L2B | 12.5 km | 3–5 swaths/day | 2007–2014 | BRAMS | NWP | Forcing data from reanalysis | — | 5 km | Hourly | 2013–2015 | CCMP V2.0 | Blended | ECMWF analyses, QuikSCAT, ASCAT/MetOP-A, WindSat, SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, AMSR2, GMI | L3 | 0.25 lat/lon | 6 hours | 1987–present | ERA5 | Reanalysis | NWP and observations | — | 31 km | Hourly | 1979–present |
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