This verification file is for Version 4 data (produced April 2011)! Verify that your read routine is working correctly by writing out the windspd, winddir, scatflag and radrain 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: qscat_20000111v4_3day.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain 170 274 8.80 70.50 0 4.00 171 274 9.00 102.00 0 -999.00 172 274 10.40 97.50 0 -999.00 173 274 10.40 97.50 0 -999.00 174 274 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 175 274 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 275 9.60 100.50 1 15.50 171 275 9.80 109.50 0 8.00 172 275 10.60 121.50 0 -999.00 173 275 10.60 121.50 0 -999.00 174 275 10.40 136.50 0 -999.00 175 275 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 276 9.20 106.50 0 3.50 171 276 10.40 123.00 0 -999.00 172 276 10.40 127.50 0 -999.00 173 276 10.40 136.50 0 -999.00 174 276 10.40 136.50 0 -999.00 175 276 10.00 130.50 0 -999.00 170 277 9.80 126.00 0 -999.00 171 277 9.80 126.00 1 -999.00 172 277 9.80 130.50 0 -999.00 173 277 10.00 130.50 0 -999.00 174 277 10.00 130.50 0 -999.00 175 277 10.00 130.50 0 -999.00 170 278 8.60 132.00 0 0.00 171 278 8.80 130.50 1 0.00 172 278 9.20 127.50 0 -999.00 173 278 9.60 129.00 0 -999.00 174 278 10.20 139.50 0 -999.00 175 278 10.40 87.00 0 -999.00 **weekly** file: qscat_20000115v4.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain 170 274 9.40 18.00 0 1.50 171 274 9.60 52.50 0 0.50 172 274 10.60 49.50 0 0.50 173 274 10.40 54.00 0 1.00 174 274 9.20 34.50 0 -999.00 175 274 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 275 9.20 55.50 0 8.00 171 275 9.00 75.00 0 2.00 172 275 9.60 90.00 0 1.00 173 275 9.60 96.00 0 1.50 174 275 9.80 129.00 0 -999.00 175 275 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 276 8.40 72.00 0 1.00 171 276 8.80 87.00 0 0.00 172 276 8.80 90.00 0 0.00 173 276 8.80 102.00 0 0.00 174 276 8.60 105.00 0 0.00 175 276 9.20 94.50 0 -999.00 170 277 8.40 87.00 0 0.00 171 277 8.40 88.50 0 -1.00 172 277 8.40 88.50 0 0.00 173 277 8.60 85.50 0 0.00 174 277 9.20 94.50 0 -999.00 175 277 9.20 94.50 0 -999.00 170 278 8.00 87.00 0 -1.00 171 278 8.20 90.00 0 0.00 172 278 8.20 90.00 0 0.00 173 278 8.40 70.50 0 0.00 174 278 9.00 114.00 0 0.00 175 278 9.40 96.00 1 0.00 **monthly** file: qscat_200001v4.gz ilon ilat windspd winddir scatflag radrain 170 274 6.20 22.50 0 0.50 171 274 6.20 49.50 0 -1.00 172 274 6.20 39.00 0 -1.00 173 274 6.20 40.50 0 -1.00 174 274 5.40 36.00 0 -999.00 175 274 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 275 6.00 64.50 0 1.00 171 275 5.80 72.00 0 0.50 172 275 6.00 79.50 0 1.00 173 275 6.00 78.00 0 1.50 174 275 5.80 88.50 0 0.00 175 275 -999.00 -999.00 -999 -999.00 170 276 5.80 82.50 0 0.50 171 276 6.00 88.50 0 0.50 172 276 6.00 88.50 0 1.00 173 276 6.00 87.00 0 2.50 174 276 5.80 88.50 0 0.00 175 276 6.00 85.50 0 0.00 170 277 6.00 100.50 0 0.50 171 277 5.80 94.50 0 1.00 172 277 5.80 97.50 0 0.50 173 277 6.00 84.00 0 0.50 174 277 6.00 91.50 0 0.00 175 277 6.00 91.50 0 0.00 170 278 5.80 94.50 0 0.50 171 278 5.60 103.50 0 0.50 172 278 5.60 102.00 0 0.50 173 278 5.60 99.00 0 0.00 174 278 5.80 117.00 0 0.50 175 278 5.80 108.00 0 1.00 This verification region is located west of Madagascar. There is rain within the region, altering the QuikScat winds. The pixels listed above are shown in the red rectangle of the qscat_v4_daily_verify.png image. The first set of data in this list is located in the bottom left of the red rectangle. All read routines default invalid values to -999.0 or -99.0. If you have any problems with any of the data reading routines contact RSS support: http://www.remss.com/support