S3MPC-STM - Report

Validation report

Cycle date

June 23, 2024 - July 29, 2024

Parameter:

Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3B

Orbit

Nominal

One pass is missing, and one is duplicated. See more in Section 4.2

Availability of geophysical corrections

Ocean tides measurements are missing over the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Shelves. See Table 4.4 and Table 4.5.

Availability of auxiliary data

Nominal

Geophysical parameters

Nominal

One pass over Antarctic show higher than usual elevation wrt. DEM, See Figure 6.4 Elevation (elevation_ocog_20_ku) over Antarctica wrt. REMA DEM. The valid measurements after outlier removal (±50 m) are shown in percentage in the figure. Not-A-Number values are not included.

Specific investigations

New Surface flag

Orbit cross-over statistics

For cross-overs less than 1 meter shows a mean bias less than -0.7 cm and a standard deviation less than 36.2 cm. This is nominal

For cross-overs less than 1 meter shows a mean bias less than -0.5 cm and a standard deviation less than 36.5 cm. This is nominal

Status

Nominal