Parameter-Documentation

Generic Description: Altimeter Range
Parameter: ralt Recordmap: instr
Unit: m Size: +4 Scaling: -3
Version 00
CryoSat-2 (Extended Mission)
GOP
1Hz
Altimeter Range
CryoSat-2
GOP
1Hz
Altimeter Range
ERS-1 (Phase A)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase A)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase B)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase B)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase C)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
ERS-1 (Phase C)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase D)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase D)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase E)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase E)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase F)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase F)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase G)
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-1 (Phase G)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
ERS-2
SGDR/REAPER
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range
ERS-2
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ocean_range_20hz
Envisat (Extended Mission)
SGDR v2.1
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Source: SGDR v2.1
Envisat (Extended Mission)
SGDR v3.0
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: range_ocean_01_ku
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Ku-band ocean ranges
Source: SGDR v2.1
Original-Parameter: ku_band_ocean_range (Field number 17)
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
20Hz
Altimeter Range
18 Hz Ku-band ocean ranges
Source: SGDR v2.1
Original-Parameter: hz18_ku_band_ocean (Field number 19)
Envisat
SGDR v3.0
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: range_ocean_01_ku
Geosat Follow-On
GDR
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-1 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-E
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-1 (Geodetic Mission)
SGDR-E
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-1
SGDR-E
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2 (Geodetic Mission, Phase 1)
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2 (Geodetic Mission, Phase 2)
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: range_ku
Jason-2
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Named range_ku in GDR-D standard. All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (range_cor_doppler), modeled instrumental errors correction (range_cor_ocean_model_instr) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_ocean
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Named range_20hz_ku in GDR-D standard. All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler), modeled instrumental errors correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_ocean_model_instr) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocean
Jason-3
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: range_ku
Jason-3
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku
Jason-3
SGDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_ocean
Jason-3
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Named range_20hz_ku in GDR-D standard. All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler), modeled instrumental errors correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_ocean_model_instr) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocean
Poseidon
GDR
1Hz
Altimeter Range
SARAL (Drifting Phase)
SGDR-T
1Hz
Altimeter Range
SARAL
SGDR-T
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Sentinel-3A (SAR)
SGDR/NTC
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Sentinel-3B (SAR)
SGDR/NTC
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Sentinel-6A (HR)
NTC/F08
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Range computed from the ocean retracker. It includes all instrumental corrections from net_instr_cor_range_ocean
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_ocean
Sentinel-6A (HR)
NTC/F08
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Range computed from the ocean retracker. It includes all instrumental corrections from net_instr_cor_range_ocean
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocean
Sentinel-6A (LR)
NTC/F08
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Range computed from the ocean retracker. It includes all instrumental corrections from net_instr_cor_range_ocean
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_ocean
Sentinel-6A (LR)
NTC/F08
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Range computed from the ocean retracker. It includes all instrumental corrections from net_instr_cor_range_ocean
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocean
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku-band MLE4 range. Net instrument correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_ku
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku-band MLE4 range. Net instrument range correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku
Topex
GDR
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Topex
GDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku-band MLE4 range. Net instrument correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_ku
Topex
GDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku-band MLE4 range. Net instrument range correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku
Version 01
Cryosat-2 (SAR)
SGDR-E
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Cryosat-2 (SAR, Extended Mission)
SGDR-E
20Hz
Altimeter Range
ERS-1 (Phase A)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase B)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase C)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase D)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase E)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase F)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase G)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
ERS-2
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice1_range_20hz
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
20Hz
Altimeter Range
18 Hz Ku-band ice1 ranges
Source: SGDR v2.1
Original-Parameter: hz18_ku_band_ice1 (Field number 27)
Jason-2
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-2
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range (ice retracking)
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: ice_range_20hz_ku
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Named ice_range_20hz_ku in GDR-D standard. Distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler) and system bias included
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocog
Jason-3
SGDR-D
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Jason-3
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range (ice retracking)
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: ice_range_20hz_ku
Jason-3
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Named ice_range_20hz_ku in GDR-D standard. Distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler) and system bias included
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocog
Sentinel-6A (HR)
NTC/F08
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Corrected OCOG altimeter range. This includes the instrumental corrections in tracker_range_calibrated.
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocog
Sentinel-6A (LR)
NTC/F08
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Corrected OCOG altimeter range. This includes the instrumental corrections in tracker_range_calibrated.
Source: NTC/F08
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_ocog
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku-band MLE3 range. Net instrument correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku_mle3) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_ku_mle3
Topex (Extended Mission)
GDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku-band MLE3 range. Net instrument range correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku_mle3) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku_mle3
Topex
GDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
1 Hz Ku-band MLE3 range. Net instrument correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku_mle3) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_ku_mle3
Topex
GDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku-band MLE3 range. Net instrument range correction (net_instr_cor_range_ku_mle3) has been added.
Source: GDR-F
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku_mle3
Version 02
ERS-1 (Phase A)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase B)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase C)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase D)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase E)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase F)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase G)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
ERS-2
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: ice2_range_20hz
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
1Hz
Altimeter Range
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
20Hz
Altimeter Range
18 Hz Ku-band ice2 ranges
Source: SGDR v2.1
Original-Parameter: hz18_ku_band_ice2 (Field number 29)
Jason-2
SGDR-D
20Hz
Altimeter Range
20 Hz Ku band corrected altimeter range (MLE3 retracking)
Source: SGDR-D
Original-Parameter: range_20hz_ku_mle3
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (range_cor_doppler) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_adaptive
Jason-3 (Extended Mission)
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_adaptive
Jason-3
SGDR-F
1Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (range_cor_doppler) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/range_adaptive
Jason-3
SGDR-F
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, i.e. distance antenna-COG (/data_01/range_cor_cog), USO drift correction (/data_01/range_cor_uso), internal path correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_internal_path), Doppler correction (/data_01/ku/range_cor_doppler) and system bias
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_20/ku/range_adaptive
Version 03
ERS-1 (Phase A)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase B)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase C)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase D)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase E)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase F)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-1 (Phase G)
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
ERS-2
SGDR/REAPER
20Hz
Altimeter Range
All instrumental corrections included, and system bias.
Source: SGDR/REAPER
Original-Parameter: sitrack_range_20hz
Envisat
SGDR v2.1
20Hz
Altimeter Range
18 Hz Ku-band sea-ice ranges
Source: SGDR v2.1
Original-Parameter: hz18_ku_band_seaice (Field number 31)
Version 04
Cryosat-2 (SAR)
SGDR-E
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Range from SAMOSA+ (sampy) Retracker
Source: From instr.01 (Cryosat-2 ICE Baseline-E (SAR))
MVA-Parameters:
- Altimeter Range (ralt.01)
Cryosat-2 (SAR, Extended Mission)
SGDR-E
20Hz
Altimeter Range
Range from SAMOSA+ (sampy) Retracker
Source: From instr.01 (Cryosat-2 ICE Baseline-E (SAR))
MVA-Parameters:
- Altimeter Range (ralt.01)
Version 05
All Missions Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from ALES Retracker
Version 06
All Missions Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from ALES+ Retracker
Version 07
All Missions Altimeter Range
Altimeter Range from WHALES Retracker

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