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Product: Sea Surface Heights (SSH)
Version: 40
Mission: Envisat

Parameter Description
jday.00 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!
glon.00 Longitude
East longitude relative to Greenwich meridian
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: lon_01
glat.00 Latitude
Positive latitude is North latitude, negative latitude is South latitude
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: lat_01
ssh.40 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)
sflag.40 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)
oflags.00 Orbit Status and Quality Flags
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: bathymetry, rad_surf_type, alt_echo_type,surface_type, orb_state_flag_rest
Flags:
2 : bathymetry > -2000 | 4 : bathymetry > -200 | 8 : rad_surf_type != 0 or alt_echo_type != 0 | 16 : surface_type != 0 | 128 : hsat == 2147483647
iflags.00 Instrument Status and Quality Flags
Source: SGDR v3.0
Original-Parameter: range_ocean_01_ku, range_ocean_rms_01_ku, swh_ocean_01_ku, swh_ocean_rms_01_ku
Flags:
2 : swh_ocean_rms_01_ku == 0 or swh_ocean_rms_01_ku == 32767 or swh_ocean_01_ku == 0 or swh_ocean_01_ku == 32767 or stdswh/swh > 0.1
8 : range_numval_ku < 12
128 : range_ocean_01_ku == 2147483647 or range_ocean_rms_01_ku == 2147483647

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