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ERS-1/2 Radar Altimeter REAPER Sensor Geophysical Data Record - SGDR [ERS_ALT_2S]
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Collection Description
This is a RA Geophysical Data Record (GDR) product containing radar range, orbital altitude, wind speed, wave height and water vapour from the ATSR/MWR as well as geophysical corrections.
The REAPER (REprocessing of Altimeter Products for ERS) product is generated by applying a similar processing as for Envisat RA-2 on the Level 1b consolidated waveforms using 4 different re-trackers, RA calibration improvement, new precise orbit solution (POD), new ionospheric corrections (NICO09 until 1998 and GIM up to 2003), ECMWF ERA-interim model and updated SSB tables.
This product contains two data rates: a low rate of 1 Hz and a high rate of 20 Hz.
Most 1 Hz data is also represented at 20 Hz, while microwave radiometer (ATSR/MWR) data and the atmospheric and geophysical corrections are only given at 1 Hz.
The REAPER GDR (ERS_ALT_2_) is a global product including data over ocean, ice and land.
It should be noted that this product differs from the Envisat RA2 in the following ways:
- The product format; which is NetCDF (more details can be found in the Product Handbook, and not PDS
- The product is delivered based on orbit acquisition and not per pass (pole-to-pole).
This product is extended through Envisat RA-2 data.
Technical Details
DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS
- European Space Agency, 2014, ERS-1/2 Radar Altimeter REAPER Sensor Geophysical Data Record - SGDR [ERS_ALT_2S], Version 1.08.https://doi.org/10.57780/ers-07698ce
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