This file contains a brief explanation of the contents of each directory in this folder.

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Documentation
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- ASCAT_UHR_Wind_Retrieval.pptx
	A powerpoint presentation that gives examples of the images which can be found in the data folder, or created by the l2hview.m script.



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    Data
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*NOTE - These images are based on the EASE2-Grid format developed at Brigham Young University. A Hawaii region was defined (Latitude 13N-29N and Longitude 150W-166W), and any data which touches this region is included here. Thus, some images which are included have only a small section of data in the desired region, and may not even touch the islands. See the powerpoint presentation for examples.

- Folders 001-365
	These folders represent the day-of-year (Julian) for the year 2011. Within each folder is contained the images and data relevant to the Hawaii region for that day.
	
	- ***.l2b.gif
		This is a gif-format browse image of the L2B data (low-res).
	
	- ***.l2h.nc.gif
		This is a gif-format browse image of the UHR wind vector data derived from the L2B and corresponding L1B files.

	- ***.l2h.nc.l2b.gif
		This is a gif-format browse image of the L2B data from the L2H file, which is sampled at a higher resolution than the original L2B.

	- ***.l2h.nc.sig.gif
		This is a gif-format browse image of the relevant L1B sigma-0 values.

	- ***.l2h.nc
		This is a netCDF-format file that is the compilation of the derived wind data, the relevant original measurements, and the parameters involved in calculations.



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  Software
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- l2hview.m
	This is a matlab script which plots key figures from the data found in the .l2h.nc files mentioned above. This provides a clear ways to view wind speed and direction. To use this, edit the fname variable in the script to the full path of the file you would like to view, and start the script. To turn on/off certain plots, change 1s to 0s (off) or 0s to 1s (on) in the 'if' statements surrounding each plot command.