This verification file is for ASCAT Metop-A Version 02.1, C-2015 GMF data (produced April 2016) Verify that your read routine is working correctly by writing out the windspd, winddir, scatflag, radrain, and sosmap values for this longitude, latitude subset: lon 170:175 (6 cells) lat 274:278 (5 cells) !!!these values assume a 1-based system such as fortran. If you have zero-based software, use lon 169:174 and lat 273:277. The results for each latitude and longitude are: **3-day** file: ascat_20071022_v02.1_3day.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain sosmap 170 274 8.60 354.00 0 0.00 0.18 171 274 8.40 357.00 0 0.00 0.20 172 274 8.20 3.00 0 0.00 0.22 173 274 8.20 4.50 0 0.00 0.22 174 274 7.80 7.50 0 0.00 0.22 175 274 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 275 8.20 358.50 0 0.00 0.18 171 275 8.20 1.50 0 0.00 0.18 172 275 7.80 6.00 0 0.00 0.28 173 275 7.40 12.00 0 0.00 0.26 174 275 7.40 13.50 0 0.00 0.26 175 275 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 276 7.80 1.50 0 0.00 0.16 171 276 7.60 4.50 0 0.00 0.20 172 276 7.40 10.50 0 0.00 0.30 173 276 7.20 16.50 0 0.00 0.28 174 276 7.40 22.50 0 0.00 0.28 175 276 7.40 22.50 0 0.00 0.28 170 277 7.40 0.00 0 0.00 0.12 171 277 7.20 4.50 0 0.00 0.18 172 277 7.20 12.00 0 0.00 0.26 173 277 7.20 16.50 0 0.00 0.24 174 277 7.40 22.50 0 0.00 0.28 175 277 7.40 22.50 0 0.00 0.26 170 278 7.20 3.00 0 0.00 0.16 171 278 7.00 4.50 0 0.00 0.22 172 278 7.00 9.00 0 0.00 0.28 173 278 7.20 15.00 0 0.00 0.22 174 278 7.40 22.50 0 0.00 0.30 175 278 7.20 27.00 0 0.00 0.28 **weekly** file: ascat_20071027v02.1.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain sosmap 170 274 7.40 348.00 0 0.00 0.22 171 274 7.20 348.00 0 0.00 0.22 172 274 7.60 351.00 0 0.00 0.20 173 274 7.80 349.50 0 0.00 0.20 174 274 7.40 352.50 0 0.00 0.20 175 274 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 275 7.20 346.50 0 0.00 0.20 171 275 7.80 343.50 0 0.00 0.18 172 275 7.40 349.50 0 0.00 0.22 173 275 7.20 354.00 0 0.00 0.24 174 275 7.00 354.00 0 0.00 0.24 175 275 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 276 7.20 348.00 0 0.00 0.18 171 276 7.60 346.50 0 0.00 0.20 172 276 7.20 349.50 0 0.00 0.22 173 276 7.00 355.50 0 0.00 0.20 174 276 6.80 358.50 0 0.00 0.22 175 276 6.80 358.50 0 0.00 0.22 170 277 7.00 349.50 0 0.00 0.16 171 277 7.40 346.50 0 0.00 0.16 172 277 7.40 349.50 0 0.00 0.18 173 277 7.20 354.00 0 0.00 0.18 174 277 7.00 358.50 0 0.00 0.22 175 277 6.60 1.50 0 0.00 0.22 170 278 7.40 349.50 0 0.00 0.28 171 278 7.40 346.50 0 0.00 0.18 172 278 7.40 346.50 0 0.00 0.16 173 278 7.20 351.00 0 0.00 0.18 174 278 7.00 357.00 0 0.00 0.24 175 278 6.80 1.50 0 0.00 0.26 **monthly** file: ascat_200710v02.1.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain sosmap 170 274 5.60 1.50 0 0.00 0.26 171 274 5.60 0.00 0 0.00 0.24 172 274 5.80 1.50 0 0.00 0.26 173 274 5.80 360.00 0 0.00 0.26 174 274 5.80 0.00 0 0.00 0.26 175 274 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 275 5.60 1.50 0 0.00 0.26 171 275 5.60 1.50 0 0.00 0.24 172 275 5.60 3.00 0 0.00 0.24 173 275 5.80 6.00 0 0.00 0.26 174 275 5.80 6.00 0 0.00 0.26 175 275 -555.00 -555.00 -555 -555.00 -555.00 170 276 5.60 4.50 0 0.00 0.26 171 276 5.60 4.50 0 0.00 0.26 172 276 5.60 3.00 0 0.00 0.26 173 276 5.80 7.50 0 0.00 0.28 174 276 5.80 10.50 0 0.00 0.30 175 276 5.80 9.00 0 0.00 0.30 170 277 5.40 4.50 0 0.00 0.22 171 277 5.40 4.50 0 0.00 0.24 172 277 5.60 6.00 0 0.00 0.28 173 277 5.80 7.50 0 0.00 0.28 174 277 5.80 13.50 0 0.00 0.32 175 277 5.60 13.50 0 0.00 0.32 170 278 5.60 6.00 0 0.00 0.28 171 278 5.60 6.00 0 0.00 0.24 172 278 5.80 12.00 0 0.00 0.26 173 278 5.80 13.50 0 0.00 0.26 174 278 5.80 18.00 0 0.00 0.30 175 278 5.60 22.50 0 0.00 0.30 This verification region is located west of Madagascar, in the region of the red red rectangle of the ascat_v2_daily_verify.png image. All read routines default missing or bad values to -999.0 land is given as -555.0 If you have any problems with any of the data reading routines contact RSS support: http://www.remss.com/support