MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S038
EUMETSAT / OSI SAF
Discover marine observations available through EUMETSAT / OSI SAF, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- EUMETSAT + Ocean and Sea Ice SAF
- Role
- Operational satellite ocean/ice products
- Platforms
- Metop/ASCAT and other EUMETSAT/partner sensors
- Observed variables
- Ocean surface vector winds; sea ice concentration/type/drift/edge; SST and other marine products depending service
- Spatial coverage
- Global + polar/regional depending product
- Period
- Product/misson dependent; NRT + climate records
- Depth coverage
- Surface / ice surface
- QC and data mode
- Operational SAF QC
- Access method
- Use EUMETSAT/OSI SAF product catalogue/download services; for app index product metadata and granule footprints/times
- Indexed download targets
- 5
Canonical parameters
- Eastward sea-ice drift
eastward_sea_ice_drift - Northward sea-ice drift
northward_sea_ice_drift - Sea-ice concentration
sea_ice_concentration - Sea-ice edge / cover class
sea_ice_edge_class - Sea-ice type
sea_ice_type
Discovery and access
Important for ASCAT winds and sea ice; source-level queryability is product-specific rather than uniform.