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Announcement for CryoSat Quaternions Product users
15 Feb 2024
CryoSat users who use the Quaternions Products should be aware that the method to access these products is changing.
Delay in the Availability of CryoSat Products - Issue Resolved
16 Jan 2024
The CryoSat operational team have successfully resolved a technical issue at the CryoSat Payload Data Ground Segment.
Delay in the availability of CryoSat Products
12 Jan 2024
A technical issue occurred at the CryoSat Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS).
New CryoSat Geographical Mode Mask v5.0 now in operation
3 May 2023
On 01 May 2023 a new acquisition mask, Geographical Mode Mask v5.0, was put in operation to tackle new scientific challenges and to support the future Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) mission. The previous mask v4.0 had been in operation since 2019.
CryoSat NRT availability period reduced
8 Nov 2021
CryoSat scientific users are informed that the persistence time of the Near Real Time (NRT) products on the Science Server will be reduced from 60 days to 42 days.
Full Bit Rate products released no longer packaged
22 Oct 2021
Following the introduction of native NetCDF data compression with Ice Baseline E, we have decided to distribute Full Bit Rate (FBR) products as separate .HDR and .nc files instead of a packaged .TGZ file as we have done until now.
New Ice Baseline E and Near Real Time Processors
11 Oct 2021
On 20 September 2021, the new CryoSat Ice Baseline-E processors have been installed into operations within the CryoSat Payload Data Segment (PDS).
Quality issues in a few CryoSat NRT products over the Arctic
9 Feb 2021
As already noted by users and polar services, a few CryoSat Sea ice and ocean Near Real Time (NRT) products show quality issues over the Arctic domain (about 8% of products affected).
CryoSat FDM production to end
18 Jan 2021
Starting on 1 February 2021, CryoSat-2 Fast Delivery Marine (FDM) data production will be disabled.
CryoSat Science Server parallel FTP sessions reminder
3 Dec 2020
CryoSat Science Server users are reminded that, by policy, they cannot have more than 10 parallel FTP sessions opened at one time for download.
A Closer Look at CRYO2ICE Manoeuvres
16 Nov 2020
Between 16 and 31 July 2020, ESA raised the orbit of Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 to periodically align with NASA’s ICESat-2 in a campaign dubbed CRYO2ICE.
CRYO2ICE Orbit Raising Campaign: Data Quality Status
12 Aug 2020
During the CRYO2ICE Orbit Raising Campaign, the CryoSat QC team monitored data production between the orbit manoeuvres and performed detailed checks of all Near Real Time (NRT) data generated.
SIRAL measurements continue during CRYO2ICE
16 July 2020
On 16 July, ESA is kicking off its CRYO2ICE campaign that aims to raise CryoSat-2's orbit by approximately 900 metres, bringing it in sync with NASA's ICESat-2.
Quality of CryoSat Near Real Time production restored
24 Apr 2020
The problem in the delivery of CryoSat auxiliary data has been resolved.
Degraded quality of CryoSat Near Real time production
23 Apr 2020
Due to a delay in the delivery of auxiliary data all the CryoSat near real time production may be suffering from degraded quality from 22 April.
CryoSat - Geographical Mode Mask 4.0 released
12 Sept 2019
A new CryoSat Geographical Mode Mask (v 4.0) is operational from Week 34 2019 (19 August - 26 August) onwards.
CryoSat - CUT v4.1.3 new release
5 Aug 2019
A new version of CUT (CryoSat User Tool) v4.1.3 is now available.
CryoSat new Geographical Mask in support to the French/US SWOT mission
5 July 2019
A new Geographical Mode Mask will be operational from August 2019. It is the basis of the CryoSat mission planning and defines mode switching.
CryoSat Ice Baseline-D data sample and updated documentation available
25 Apr 2019
Following the CryoSat Quality Working Group meet in November 2018, the upcoming CryoSat Ice Baseline-D data products have been further refined.