The NOAA/NCEI Blended Seawinds (NBS) dataset synthesizes observations from multiple satellites (up to six satellites since June 2002) to create gridded wind speeds. Blending the data fills in the temporal and spatial data gaps present in each source dataset, and reduces subsampling aliases and random errors. These products were developed in response to the increasing demand for higher resolution global datasets, and can be used to improve the accuracy of ocean and weather conditions forecasts. Please note these are peer-reviewed scientific research products.
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Product Details
The NOAA NCEI Blended Seawinds (NBS) version 2.0 dataset synthesizes observations from multiple satellites (up to seven satellites since June 2002) to create gridded wind speeds (10m, neutral). This is an updated version of the existing NOAA NBS v1.0, which is a global gridded 0.25° and 6-hourly sea surface winds product that has wide applications in marine transportation, marine ecosystem and fisheries, offshore winds, weather and ocean forecasts, and other areas.
Dataset DOI: http://doi.org/10.25921/mxt4-b075
Access Methods
NBS v2.0 can also be downloaded at NOAA CoastWatch.
Contact
Yongsheng Zhang (Ph. D) and James Frech
NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information
1315 East-West Highway,SSMC3, 4th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Email: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Bibliography
- Saha, K. and Huai-Min, Z., 2022: Hurricane and Typhoon Storm Wind Resolving NOAA NCEI Blended Sea Surface Wind (NBS) Product. Frontiers in Marine Sciences – Ocean Observation 9, 1–12. doi:http://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.935549.
- Zhang, H.-M., J. J. Bates, and R. W. Reynolds, 2006: Assessment of composite global sampling: Sea surface wind speed, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L17714, doi:10.1029/2006GL027086.
- Zhang, H.-M., R.W. Reynolds, and J.G. Bates, 2006: Blended and gridded high resolution global sea surface wind speed and climatology from multiple satellites: 1987–present. 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, Paper 100004. [ http://ams.confex.com/ams/Annual2006/webprogram/Paper100004.html.]
- Peng, G., H.-M. Zhang, H.P. Frank, J.-R. Bidlot, M. Higaki, S. Stevens, and W.R. Hankins, 2013: Evaluation of various surface wind products with OceanSITES buoy measurements. Weather and Forecasting, 28, 1281–1303, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-12-00086.1.
