Product-Documentation

Product: Sea Surface Heights (SSH)
Version: 40
Mission: Jason-3

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
Named lon in GDR-D standard. East longitude relative to Greenwich meridian. See Jason-3 User Handbook. Associated quality flag is orb_state_diode_flag for the OGDR products, orb_state_rest_flag for the IGDR and GDR products
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/longitude
glat.00 Latitude
Named lat in GDR-D standard. Positive latitude is North latitude, negative latitude is South latitude. See Jason-3 User Handbook. Associated quality flag is orb_state_diode_flag for the OGDR products, orb_state_rest_flag for the IGDR and GDR products
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/latitude
ssh.40 Sea Surface Heights
consistent with SLA version 40 and DTU15
MVA-Parameters:
- Sea Level Anomalies using DTU15, EOT20, DAC, MMXO22 (sla.40)
- Land Ocean Flags from GMT (lwmask.01)
- Mean Sea Surface Height from DTU15 (mssh.05)
sflag.40 Geophysical Corrections Quality Flags
MVA-Parameters:
- Geophysical Corrections Quality Flags (gflags.40)
- Sea Level Anomalies using DTU15, EOT20, DAC, MMXO22 (sla.40)
- Land Ocean Flags from GMT (lwmask.01)
oflags.00 Orbit Status and Quality Flags
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/depth_or_elevation, data_01/rad_surface_type_flag, data_01/ku/wvf_main_class, data_01/surface_classification_flag, data_01/orb_state_rest_flag, data_01/hsat
Flags:
2 : depth_or_elevation > -2000
4 : depth_or_elevation > -200
8 : rad_surface_type_flag != 0 or wvf_main_class != 0
16 : surface_classification_flag != 0
64 : orb_state_rest_flag == 0
128 : hsat == 2147483647
iflags.00 Instrument Status and Quality Flags
Source: SGDR-F
Original-Parameter: data_01/ku/agc_rms, data_01/ku/agc, data_01/ku/swh_ocean_rm, data_01/ku/swh_ocean, data_01/ku/range_ocean_numval, data_01/rain_flag, data_01/ice_flag, data_01/ku/range_ocean, data_01/ku/range_ocean_rms
Flags:
1 : agc_rms/agc > 0.1
2 : swh_ocean_rms/swh_ocean > 0.1
8 : range_ocean_numval < 12
64 : rain_flag != 0 || ice_flag != 0
128 : range_ocean == nan || range_ocean_rms == nan

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