{"id":12511,"date":"2019-02-25T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwpsaf.eu\/site\/?page_id=12511"},"modified":"2023-10-27T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:51:01","slug":"hy-2b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring\/winds-quality-evaluation\/scatterometer-mon\/scatter-nrt-monitoring\/hy-2b\/","title":{"rendered":"HY-2B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\nvar number = Math.random() * 10000000000000000;\nvar images = document.querySelectorAll(\".theimage\");\nfor (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {\n    var image = images[i];\n    image.src += number;\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>HY-2B<\/h2>\n<p> HY-2B is a marine remote sensing satellite launched by the Chinese National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSOAS) on 24 October 2018. The HY-2B scatterometer (HSCAT) is a rotating pencil beam scatterometer operating in Ku-band at 13.25 GHz which traces out a ~1300 km swath. The EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) have developed a HY-2B wind product which makes use of the level 1b backscatter data made available by NSOAS. <\/p>\n<p> HY-2B is under going pre-operational testing at the Met Office. <\/p>\n<p> Acknowledgements and status<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;  <b>Level 1b:<\/b> NSOAS <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;  <b>Level 2b:<\/b> OSI SAF (in development status) <\/p>\n<h2>Latest Data  <small>(updated every 6 hours)<\/small><\/h2>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" >\n<tr>\n<td width =\" 20%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><br \/><b>00 UTC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><br \/><b>06 UTC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><br \/><b>12 UTC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><br \/><b>18 UTC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='datacoverage'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Data Coverage<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalcoverage_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalcoverage_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalcoverage_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalcoverage_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='mapbias'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Map O-B Speed Bias<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_speeddiff_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_speeddiff_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_speeddiff_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_speeddiff_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='mapvecdiff'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Map O-B Vector Difference<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_vecdiff_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_vecdiff_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_vecdiff_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_vecdiff_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='mapobspeed'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Map Observed Speed<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_obspeed_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_obspeed_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_obspeed_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_obspeed_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='mapbgspeed'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Map Background Speed<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_bgspeed_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_bgspeed_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_bgspeed_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalmap_bgspeed_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='densityspd'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Speed 2D Histogram<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_spd_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_spd_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_spd_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_spd_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='densitydir'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>Direction 2D Histogram<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_dir_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_dir_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_dir_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globaldensity_dir_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='nodespd'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>O-B Speed Bias <br \/>By Crosstrack Cell<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_spd_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_spd_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_spd_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_spd_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id='nodedir'>\n<td align=center><font size=2><b>O-B Direction Bias <br \/>By Crosstrack Cell<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_dir_00.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_dir_06.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_dir_12.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalnode_dir_18.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Last 30 days  <small>(updated once per day)<\/small><\/h2>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" >\n<tr>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><b>Time Series I<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalts_month.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=center width =\" 20%\"><font size=2><b>Time Series II<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=center><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" class=\"theimage\" src=\"http:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/monitoring\/scatter\/ukplots\/HY2B_globalts2_month.gif?number=\" onclick=\"window.open(this.src)\" style = \"cursor:pointer\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HY-2B HY-2B is a marine remote sensing satellite launched by the Chinese National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSOAS) on 24 October 2018. The HY-2B scatterometer (HSCAT) is a rotating pencil beam scatterometer operating in Ku-band at 13.25 GHz which traces out a ~1300 km swath. The EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) have developed a HY-2B wind product which makes use of the level 1b backscatter data made available by NSOAS. HY-2B is under going pre-operational testing at the Met Office. Acknowledgements and status &nbsp;&nbsp; Level 1b: NSOAS &nbsp;&nbsp; Level 2b: OSI SAF (in development status) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":1363,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12511\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}