Recordmaps by Mission

Mission Jason-2 (Geodetic Mission, Phase 1)
MVA-Name jason2_gm1
Source SGDR-D
Frequency 1

instr.00

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
4 +2 -3 m stdalt RMS of Altimeter Range
5 2 -2 m swh Significant Wave Height
6 +2 -2 m stdswh RMS of Significant Wave Height
7 +2 -2 db sigma0 Backscatter Coefficient
8 +1 -1 m/s windsp Wind Speed
9 +1 - - iflags Instrument Status and Quality Flags
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: agc_rms_ku, agc_ku, swh_rms_ku, swh_ku, range_numval_ku, rain_flag, ice_flag, range_ku, range_rms_ku
Flags:
1 : agc_rms_ku/agc_ku > 0.1
2 : swh_rms_ku/swh_ku > 0.1
8 : range_numval_ku < 12
64 : rain_flag != 0 || ice_flag != 0
128 : range_ku == nan || range_rms_ku == nan

orbit.00

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 +4 -6 deg glon Longitude
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: lon
2 4 -6 deg glat Latitude
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: lat
3 +4 -3 m hsat Satellite Altitude
Satellite Altitude above TOPEX Ellipsoid
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: alt
4 +1 - - oflags Orbit Status and Quality Flags

slafg.40

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 2 -3 m sla Sea Level Anomalies
DTU15, EOT20, DAC, MMXO22
MVA-Parameters:
- Dry Tropospheric Correction from Vienna Mapping Function (VMF3) (dtrop.06)
- Solid Earth Tide Correction using IERS Convention 2010 (etide.06)
- Internal Tide Correction (itide.01)
- Ocean Tide Correction of EOT20 (otide.22)
- Ocean Load Tide Correction of EOT20 (ltide.22)
- Undefined parameter (emb.00)
- Wet Tropospheric Correction from GPT+ (wtrop.07)
- Smoothed ionospheric correction based on ionos.00 (ionos.06)
- Instrument Status and Quality Flags (iflags.00)
- Inverse Barometer Effect from DAC (AVISO) (invb.05)
- Radial Orbit Error from MMXO22 (oer.22)
- Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU15 (mssh.05)
- Altimeter Range (ralt.00)
- Orbit Status and Quality Flags (oflags.00)
- Pole Tide Correction (ptide.05)
- Undefined parameter (hsat.08)
2 +1 - - gflags Geophysical Corrections Quality Flags

sshfg.40

Pos Size Scaling Unit Name Version Specific Description
1 4 -3 m ssh Sea Surface Heights
consistent with SLA version 40 and DTU15
MVA-Parameters:
- Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU15 (mssh.05)
- DTU15, EOT20, DAC, MMXO22 (sla.40)
- Land Ocean Flags from GMT (lwmask.01)
2 +1 - - sflag Geophysical Corrections Quality Flags
MVA-Parameters:
- Land Ocean Flags from GMT (lwmask.01)
- Geophysical Corrections Quality Flags (gflags.40)
- DTU15, EOT20, DAC, MMXO22 (sla.40)

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