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L2 Parameters

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 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 Freeboard Monitoring

IPF Baseline:

E D C B A

Phase:

Operational Commissioning

Cryosat L2 data includes a SAR mode computed Sea Ice Freeboard calculation for each 20Hz record.

This tool provides polar plots of sea ice freeboard (orbit view, gridded mean, median and maximum values, histograms) for each 30-day data take.

Notes:

• Freeboard is only available from Baseline-C onwards.
• Freeboard can be a small negative value where there is sufficient snow loading on thin ice.
• Freeboard is used in the calculation of sea ice thickness and volume. Near real time and seasonal thickness and volume data is now available from the CryoSat Operational Sea Ice Monitoring website courtesy of UCL/ESA and partner data providers.
• Plots on this page show freeboard parameter values where the freeboard_error flag is not set

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Operational Phase (Baseline-E)

Freeboard viewed as:

Gridded Orbit View Histograms

Data take	Time Span	North Polar Plot	South Polar Plot
171	4/10/24 -> 2/11/24	View	View
170	4/9/24 -> 3/10/24	View	View
169	5/8/24 -> 3/9/24	View	View
168	6/7/24 -> 4/8/24	View	View
167	6/6/24 -> 5/7/24	View	View
166	7/5/24 -> 5/6/24	View	View
165	7/4/24 -> 6/5/24	View	View
164	8/3/24 -> 6/4/24	View	View
163	7/2/24 -> 7/3/24	View	View
162	8/1/24 -> 6/2/24	View	View
161	9/12/23 -> 7/1/24	View	View
160	9/11/23 -> 8/12/23	View	View
159	10/10/23 -> 8/11/23	View	View
158	10/9/23 -> 9/10/23	View	View
157	11/8/23 -> 9/9/23	View	View
156	12/7/23 -> 10/8/23	View	View
155	12/6/23 -> 11/7/23	View	View
154	13/5/23 -> 11/6/23	View	View
153	13/4/23 -> 12/5/23	View	View
152	14/3/23 -> 12/4/23	View	View
151	12/2/23 -> 13/3/23	View	View
150	13/1/23 -> 11/2/23	View	View
149	14/12/22 -> 12/1/23	View	View
148	14/11/22 -> 13/12/22	View	View
147	15/10/22 -> 13/11/22	View	View
146	15/9/22 -> 14/10/22	View	View
145	16/8/22 -> 14/9/22	View	View
144	17/7/22 -> 15/8/22	View	View
143	17/6/22 -> 16/7/22	View	View
142	18/5/22 -> 16/6/22	View	View
141	18/4/22 -> 17/5/22	View	View
140	19/3/22 -> 17/4/22	View	View
139	17/2/22 -> 18/3/22	View	View
138	18/1/22 -> 16/2/22	View	View
137	19/12/21 -> 17/1/22	View	View
136	19/11/21 -> 18/12/21	View	View
135	20/10/21 -> 18/11/21	View	View
134	20/9/21 -> 19/10/21	View	View
133	21/8/21 -> 19/9/21	View	View

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