(c) ASCAT

Daily wind and wind stress fields are estimated over global oceans from Metop/ASCAT retrievals using objective method. The resulting fields have spatial resolutions of 0.25° in longitude and latitude. The calculation of daily estimates uses ascending as well as descending available and valid retrievals. Data and documentation are freely distributed on Cersat/Ifremer FTP site (ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products/gridded/MWF/L3/ASCAT/Daily/ ).