Changes in the Swarm Level 1B and Level 2 Cat-2 operational processors

18 September 2018

On 17 September 2018 an improved version for both L1B and L2 Cat-2 Operational Processors was transferred into operations. We are in the process of publishing the entire datasets generated with the latest processor versions (L1B and L2 Cat-2 outputs with the following Product Baseline and File Counter: ORBATT 0401; MAGNET 0505; PLASMA 0501; ACCELE 0401; IBI 0301 ; FAC 0301; TEC 0301)

The key points in the new version are:

the introduction of STR Inter-Boresight Angles correction model
separation of pre-flight from the in-flight VFM calibration parameters
changing the data resampling used for the interpolation of the ASM data to exact UTC
updating vector data calibration and disturbance characterization
new interpolated LP product
new ACC product containing a subset of parameters of the current ACCx_PR_1B available to all users
minor improvements in L2 Cat-2 processors

For more information on these latest changes please read the Release Note.

For operational reasons, the Level 2 -CAT2 EEF production is temporarily suspended. The generation of EEF products will resume as soon as possible.