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Performance

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L2 Parameters

 SIRAL Mode

 Surface Type

 Height

 SSHA

 Backscatter

 Quality Flags

 Aux. Corrections

 Waveform Peakiness

 Freeboard

 Snow Depth

 Snow Density

 Sea Ice Conc.

 Mispointing Angle

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L2I Parameters

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Further Info

ESA Cryosat Site

L2 Backscatter (Sigma0) Monitoring

IPF Baseline:

E D C B A

Phase:

Operational Commissioning

Cryosat L2 data includes a radar backscatter (sigma0) value for each retracker (field 40,41,42) for each 20Hz measurement record.

This tool provides global and polar plots of L2 Backscatter maps and histograms for each 30-day data take, SIRAL mode and retracker.

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Operational Phase (Baseline-E)

Maps and Histograms for 30-day Cycles

Data take	Timespan	Histogram	Global Map	North Polar Plot	South Polar Plot
170	4/9/24 -> 3/10/24	View	Map	View	View
169	5/8/24 -> 3/9/24	View	Map	View	View
168	6/7/24 -> 4/8/24	View	Map	View	View
167	6/6/24 -> 5/7/24	View	Map	View	View
166	7/5/24 -> 5/6/24	View	Map	View	View
165	7/4/24 -> 6/5/24	View	Map	View	View
164	8/3/24 -> 6/4/24	View	Map	View	View
163	7/2/24 -> 7/3/24	View	Map	View	View
162	8/1/24 -> 6/2/24	View	Map	View	View
161	9/12/23 -> 7/1/24	View	Map	View	View
160	9/11/23 -> 8/12/23	View	Map	View	View
159	10/10/23 -> 8/11/23	View	Map	View	View
158	10/9/23 -> 9/10/23	View	Map	View	View
157	11/8/23 -> 9/9/23	View	Map	View	View
156	12/7/23 -> 10/8/23	View	Map	View	View
155	12/6/23 -> 11/7/23	View	Map	View	View
154	13/5/23 -> 11/6/23	View	Map	View	View
153	13/4/23 -> 12/5/23	View	Map	View	View
152	14/3/23 -> 12/4/23	View	Map	View	View
151	12/2/23 -> 13/3/23	View	Map	View	View
150	13/1/23 -> 11/2/23	View	Map	View	View
149	14/12/22 -> 12/1/23	View	Map	View	View
148	14/11/22 -> 13/12/22	View	Map	View	View
147	15/10/22 -> 13/11/22	View	Map	View	View
146	15/9/22 -> 14/10/22	View	Map	View	View
145	16/8/22 -> 14/9/22	View	Map	View	View
144	17/7/22 -> 15/8/22	View	Map	View	View
143	17/6/22 -> 16/7/22	View	Map	View	View
142	18/5/22 -> 16/6/22	View	Map	View	View
141	18/4/22 -> 17/5/22	View	Map	View	View
140	19/3/22 -> 17/4/22	View	Map	View	View
139	17/2/22 -> 18/3/22	View	Map	View	View
138	18/1/22 -> 16/2/22	View	Map	View	View
137	19/12/21 -> 17/1/22	View	Map	View	View
136	19/11/21 -> 18/12/21	View	Map	View	View
135	20/10/21 -> 18/11/21	View	Map	View	View
134	20/9/21 -> 19/10/21	View	Map	View	View
133	21/8/21 -> 19/9/21	View	Map	View	View

Note: data takes may be missing if they have not been processed by this IPF Baseline-E

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