Recordmaps by Mission

Mission All Missions
MVA-Name ---
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distcoast.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 - m distance Distance to Coast
Interpolated on grid 0/360/-90/90 and resolution 0.01
Source: NASA
Reference: https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/dist2coast_1deg.html

distcoast.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 - m distance Distance to Coast
based on water occurence from GSWE
Source: GSWE
Reference: https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/

dot.24

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dot Dynamic Ocean Topography (DOT)
GOCO03S, filter length=120km
Reference: Bosch W., Savcenko R., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: A two-decade time series of eddy-resolving dynamic ocean topography (iDOT). In: Ouwehand L. (Ed.) Proceedings of "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry", Sept. 2012, Venice, Italy, ESA SP-710 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-92-9221-274-2, ESA/ESTEC, 2013
2 +2 -3 m stddot RMS of Dynamic Ocean Topography
GOCO03S, filter length=120km
3 2 -3 m fcor Filter Correction

dot.30

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dot Dynamic Ocean Topography (DOT)
GOCO03S, filter length=69km
Reference: Bosch W., Savcenko R., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: A two-decade time series of eddy-resolving dynamic ocean topography (iDOT). In: Ouwehand L. (Ed.) Proceedings of "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry", Sept. 2012, Venice, Italy, ESA SP-710 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-92-9221-274-2, ESA/ESTEC, 2013
2 +2 -3 m stddot RMS of Dynamic Ocean Topography
GOCO03S, filter length=69km
3 2 -3 m fcor Filter Correction

dot.31

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dot Dynamic Ocean Topography (DOT)
GOCO05S, filter length=69km
Reference: Bosch W., Savcenko R., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: A two-decade time series of eddy-resolving dynamic ocean topography (iDOT). In: Ouwehand L. (Ed.) Proceedings of "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry", Sept. 2012, Venice, Italy, ESA SP-710 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-92-9221-274-2, ESA/ESTEC, 2013
2 +2 -3 m stddot RMS of Dynamic Ocean Topography
GOCO05S, filter length=69km
3 2 -3 m fcor Filter Correction

dot.33

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dot Dynamic Ocean Topography (DOT)
GOCO05S, filter length=69km
Reference: Bosch W., Savcenko R., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: A two-decade time series of eddy-resolving dynamic ocean topography (iDOT). In: Ouwehand L. (Ed.) Proceedings of "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry", Sept. 2012, Venice, Italy, ESA SP-710 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-92-9221-274-2, ESA/ESTEC, 2013
2 +2 -3 m stddot RMS of Dynamic Ocean Topography
GOCO05S, filter length=69km
3 2 -3 m fcor Filter Correction

dtrop.08

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m dtrop Dry Tropospheric Correction
Dry Tropospheric Correction from ECMWF

ebias.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m emb Sea State Bias
Sea State Bias from ALES Retracker

geoh.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
EGM2008

geoh.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
EIGEN-6C3stat

geoh.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
EIGEN-6C4

geoh.08

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
GOCO05s

geoh.09

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
OGMOC

geoh.10

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m geoh Geoid Heights
XGM2019e

icecon.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - fic Fractional Ice Concentration
Fractional Ice Concentration from NSIDC

icecon.02

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - fic Fractional Ice Concentration
Fractional Ice Concentration from NSIDC

icefg.10

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - iceflag Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0: Water
1: Ice
255: NaN

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017

icefg.13

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - iceflag Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0 : Water
1: Lead
2: Ice
255: NaN

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017

icefg.14

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - iceflag Ice Flag
Ice Flag from Unsupervised Ice Classification
Flags:
0: Water
1: Lead
2: Sea-ice/Undefined
3: Landfast ice/Uncertain ocean (external threshold >75%)

Reference: Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017

instr.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +4 - sec isec Integer Seconds Elapsed Since Epoch
2 +4 -6 sec msec Microseconds, Fractional Part of isec
3 +4 -3 m ralt Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from ALES Retracker
4 +2 -3 m stdalt RMS of Altimeter Range
RMS of Altimeter Range from ALES Retracker
5 2 -2 m swh Significant Wave Height
Significant Wave Height from ALES Retracker
6 +2 -2 m stdswh RMS of Significant Wave Height
7 +2 -2 db sigma0 Backscatter Coefficient
Backscatter Coefficient from ALES Retracker
8 +1 -1 m/s windsp Wind Speed
9 +1 - - iflags Instrument Status and Quality Flags
ALES Retracker

instr.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +4 - sec isec Integer Seconds Elapsed Since Epoch
2 +4 -6 sec msec Microseconds, Fractional Part of isec
3 +4 -3 m ralt Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from ALES+ Retracker
4 +2 -3 m stdalt RMS of Altimeter Range
5 2 -2 m swh Significant Wave Height
Significant Wave Height from ALES+ Retracker
6 +2 -2 m stdswh RMS of Significant Wave Height
7 +2 -2 db sigma0 Backscatter Coefficient
Backscatter Coefficient from ALES+ Retracker
8 +1 -1 m/s windsp Wind Speed
9 +1 - - iflags Instrument Status and Quality Flags
ALES+ Retracker

instr.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +4 - sec isec Integer Seconds Elapsed Since Epoch
2 +4 -6 sec msec Microseconds, Fractional Part of isec
3 +4 -3 m ralt Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from WHALES Retracker
4 +2 -3 m stdalt RMS of Altimeter Range
5 2 -2 m swh Significant Wave Height
Significant Wave Height from WHALES Retracker
6 +2 -2 m stdswh RMS of Significant Wave Height
7 +2 -2 db sigma0 Backscatter Coefficient
Backscatter Coefficient from WHALES Retracker
8 +1 -1 m/s windsp Wind Speed
9 +1 - - iflags Instrument Status and Quality Flags

invbm.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m invb Inverse Barometer Effect
Inverse Barometer Effect from DAC (AVISO)

invbm.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m invb Inverse Barometer Effect
Inverse Barometer Effect from ERA Interim

invbm.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m invb Inverse Barometer Effect
Inverse Barometer Effect from GFZ

ionos.04

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m ionos Ionospheric Correction
derived from JPL-GIM, IRI scaled

ionos.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m ionos Ionospheric Correction
Smoothed ionospheric correction based on ionos.00

ionos.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m ionos Ionospheric Correction
NOAA Ionosphere Climatology 2009 (NIC09)

ionos.08

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m ionos Ionospheric Correction
NOAA Ionosphere Climatology 2009 (NIC09)

ionos.09

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m ionos Ionospheric Correction
NOAA Ionosphere Climatology 2009 (NIC09)
(Outlier Corrected)

mask.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +1 - - mask Different Masks
Land Water Mask from GMT
Flags:
1 : Ocean
2 : Land
3 : Lake
4 : Island
5 : Pond

mdot.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m mdot Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT)
Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT) from DTU13
Source: DTU

mdot.02

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m mdot Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT)
Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT) from CNES MDT13
Source: CNES

mdot.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m mdot Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT)
Mean Dynamic Ocean Topography (MDOT) from DTU22

mssh.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height from CLS01
Source: CLS/CNES

mssh.03

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU13
Source: DTU

mssh.04

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height from CLS2011
Source: CLS/CNES

mssh.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU15
Source: DTU

mssh.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU18
Source: DTU

mssh.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m mssh Mean Sea Surface Height
Mean Sea Surface Height form DTU21
Source: DTU

oerr.13

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m oer Radial Orbit Error
MMXO13
Reference: Bosch W., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies. Remote Sensing 6(3): 2255-2281, 10.3390/rs6032255, 2014

oerr.14

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m oer Radial Orbit Error
MMXO14
Reference: Bosch W., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies. Remote Sensing 6(3): 2255-2281, 10.3390/rs6032255, 2014

oerr.15

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m oer Radial Orbit Error
MMXO15
Reference: Bosch W., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies. Remote Sensing 6(3): 2255-2281, 10.3390/rs6032255, 2014

oerr.16

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m oer Radial Orbit Error
MMXO16
Reference: Bosch W., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies. Remote Sensing 6(3): 2255-2281, 10.3390/rs6032255, 2014

oerr.22

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m oer Radial Orbit Error
Radial Orbit Error from MMXO22
Reference: Reference: Bosch W., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies. Remote Sensing 6(3): 2255-2281, 10.3390/rs6032255, 2014

sunorbit.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 deg gmlat Geomagnetic Latitude
(geomag pole at 79.5,-71.6; epoch 2000)
2 2 -3 h tloc Local Time
(h = glon/15 + UT - 12; UT = 24*mod(jday-0.5,1) )

tblwm.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1
2 +1 - - lwmask Land Ocean Flags
Land Ocean Flags from GMT

tblwm.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 - m tbathy Ocean Depth or Height Above Sea Level
Ocean Depth or Height Above Sea Level using GEBCO One Minute Grid
2 +1 - - lwmask Land Ocean Flags
Land Ocean Flags from GMT

tec.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -1 TECU vtec Vertical Total Electron Content
(TECU=1*10^16e/m^2)

tidee.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m etide Solid Earth Tide Correction
Solid Earth Tide Correction using IERS Convention 2010
Reference: IERS Conventions (2010). Gérard Petit and Brian Luzum (eds.). (IERS Technical Note ; 36) Frankfurt am Main: Verlag des Bundesamts für Kartographie und Geodäsie, 2010. 179 pp., ISBN 3-89888-989-6
2 2 -3 m ptide Pole Tide Correction
Pole Tide Correction using IERS Convention 2010

tidei.01

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m itide Internal Tide Correction

tidei.02

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m itide Internal Tide Correction

tideo.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide correction
Ocean Tide correction from FES2004
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from FES2004

tideo.15

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction of EOT11a
Reference: DGFI-Report No.89: Savcenko R, Bosch W.: EOT11a - empirical ocean tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry, 2012
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction of EOT11a
Reference: DGFI-Report No.89: Savcenko R, Bosch W.: EOT11a - empirical ocean tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry, 2012

tideo.16

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from GOT4.10
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from GOT4.10

tideo.17

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from FES2014
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from FES2014

tideo.18

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from TPX08
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from TPX08

tideo.19

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from FES2014 (Ocean Tide Extrapolated)
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from FES2014 (Ocean Tide Extrapolated)

tideo.20

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from EOT20 (Ocean Tide, Old FES Software)
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from EOT20 (Ocean Tide, Old FES Software)

tideo.21

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from FES2014 (Ocean Tide, New FES Software)
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from FES2014 (Ocean Tide, New FES Software)

tideo.22

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction of EOT20
Reference: Hart-Davis M., Piccioni G., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F. : EOT20-A global Empirical Ocean Tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry. Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, München. SEANOE, 10.17882/79489, 2021 // Hart-Davis M.G., Piccioni G., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F.: EOT20: a global ocean tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry. Earth System Science Data, 13(8), 3869-3884, 10.5194/essd-13-3869-2021, 2021
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction of EOT22
Reference: Hart-Davis M., Piccioni G., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F. : EOT20-A global Empirical Ocean Tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry. Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, München. SEANOE, 10.17882/79489, 2021 // Hart-Davis M.G., Piccioni G., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F.: EOT20: a global ocean tide model from multi-mission satellite altimetry. Earth System Science Data, 13(8), 3869-3884, 10.5194/essd-13-3869-2021, 2021

tideo.23

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m otide Ocean Tide Correction
Ocean Tide Correction from FES2022 (Ocean Tide, New FES Software)
2 2 -3 m ltide Ocean Load Tide Correction
Ocean Load Tide Correction from FES2022 (Ocean Tide, New FES Software)

tidep.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m ptide Pole Tide Correction
using EOPs (/DGFI8/D/eops/eopc04_14_IAU2000.62-now)
Source: Desai, 2015 and Desai et al., 2017
Reference: Desai, 2015 and Desai et al., 2017

tidep.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m ptide pole tide correction
using EOPs (/DGFI8/D/eops/eopc04_14_IAU2000.62-now)
Source: IERS Conventions 2010 (DOGS)

tides.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m etide Solid Earth Tide Correction
Solid Earth Tide Correction using IERS Convention 2010
Reference: IERS Conventions (2010). Gérard Petit and Brian Luzum (eds.). (IERS Technical Note ; 36) Frankfurt am Main: Verlag des Bundesamts für Kartographie und Geodäsie, 2010. 179 pp., ISBN 3-89888-989-6

time.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -5 d jday Julian Day
Julian Day Epoch 2000.0 (2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC)
Julian Day 2000 values are truncated in MVA after 5-digits!

tropd.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dtrop Dry Tropospheric Correction
Dry Tropospheric Correction from Vienna Mapping Function (VMF1)
Reference: Boehm, J., Kouba, J. & Schuh, H. Forecast Vienna Mapping Functions 1 for real-time analysis of space geodetic observations. J Geod 83, 397–401 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-008-0216-y

tropd.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m dtrop Dry Tropospheric Correction
Dry Tropospheric Correction from Vienna Mapping Function (VMF3)
Reference: Landskron, D., Böhm, J. VMF3/GPT3: refined discrete and empirical troposphere mapping functions. J Geod 92, 349–360 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1066-2

tropw.05

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m wtrop Wet Tropospheric Correction
Wet Tropospheric Correction from Vienna Mapping Function (VMF1)
Reference: Boehm, J., Kouba, J. & Schuh, H. Forecast Vienna Mapping Functions 1 for real-time analysis of space geodetic observations. J Geod 83, 397–401 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-008-0216-y

tropw.06

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m wtrop Wet Tropospheric Correction
Wet Tropospheric Correction from Vienna Mapping Function (VMF3)
Reference: Landskron, D., Böhm, J. VMF3/GPT3: refined discrete and empirical troposphere mapping functions. J Geod 92, 349–360 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1066-2

tropw.07

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m wtrop Wet Tropospheric Correction
Wet Tropospheric Correction from GPT+

tropw.17

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m wtrop Wet Tropospheric Correction
Wet Tropospheric Correction from GPT+ (Version 2)
Reference: Lázaro, C., Fernandes, M. J., Vieira, T., and Vieira, E.: (2020). A coastally improved global dataset of wet tropospheric corrections for satellite altimetry, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 3205-3228, https://doi.org/10.5194/ess2d-12-3205-2020, 2020. Fernandes, M. J., Lazaro, C., Vieira, T. (021) On the role of the troposphere in satellite altimetry, Remote Sensing of Environment 252, 2021, 252, 112149

wtrop.08

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -6 m wtrop Wet Tropospheric Correction
Wet Tropospheric Correction from ECMWF ERA-5
ECMWF-Parameters: 2m_temperature, total_column_water_vapour, geopotential
MVA-Parameters:
- Undefined parameter (glon.00)
- Undefined parameter (glat.00)
- Julian Day Epoch 2000.0 (2000-01-01 12:00:00 UTC) (jday.00)
- Ocean Depth or Height Above Sea Level using GEBCO One Minute Grid (tbathy.01)
- Land Water Mask from GMT (mask.05)

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