ERS RA Waveform Product (ERS.ALT.WAP)

Product description

PRODUCT TYPE	data	INPUT DATA	raw altimeter data	OUTPUT TYPE	along-track
SATELLITE	ERS-2	AGENCIES	ESA	GRID TYPE
CONTENTS	This is a global product giving values at regular intervals along the satellite track of surface range, satellite altitude, windspeed and significant wave height at nadir, and the altimeter waveform data. It is processed using the precise orbit and giving full geophysical corrections. The WAP product includes both data over ocean, ice and land. Since 22 June 2003 dataset are limited to ground station visibility.
APPLICATIONS	re-tracking hydrology ice meteorology ocean-atmosphere gas transfers		USER	expert
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE	global		GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE	82.0° -180.0° 180.0° -82.0°
SPATIAL RESOLUTION	20 Hz		REFERENCE SURFACE	reference ellipsoid
TEMPORAL COVERAGE	1996-04-29 - 2003-06-22		QUALITY CONTROL	http://earth.esa.int/pcs/ers/ra/reports/ecmwf/
PARAMETERS	sea_surface_height_above_reference_ellipsoid, m, CF sea_surface_wave_significant_height, m, CF altimeter_waveform
UPDATED	unknown		BY	name : ESA email adress : eohelp@esa.int web site : http://earth.esa.int/
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