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SCOOP Data Pages: Auxiliary data
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Below
we list any auxiliary data used for generating the SCOOP Test Data Sets
in addition to those included in the source Cryosat FBR data.
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Label
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D4000-3
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Data product
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ASTER DEM (30m
resolution)
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General requirement
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Ancillary DEM data
needed for WP4000
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Time and space
requirement
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Global, time invariant
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Data source
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JPL
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Label
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D4000-4
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Data product
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Global Self-consistent,
Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG)
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General requirement
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High Resolution
Geographical Database: Ancillary data needed for WP4000
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Time and space
requirement
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Global, time invariant
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Data source
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NGDC
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SCOOP Data Pages: Validation data
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The table below summarises the validation data sets to
be used in the evaluation of the SCOOP First
Test Data Set.
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Theme / name
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Description / purpose
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Product
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Source
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Area
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Time period
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Access
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L2 Test Data Set for
Open Ocean Validation
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Cross validation with
Jason-2 mission
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Jason-2 LRM data plus
env/geo corrections
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CLS/CNES database
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Global
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Internal access
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Reference coastline
vector
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Reference for distance
from coast and angle of approach
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GSHHS coastline vectors
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http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
/mgg/shorelines/
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Global
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n/a
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Public ftp, fully open
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Reference DEM
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Reference for
elevation/depth
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MACESS
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ESA
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Global
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n/a
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Public ftp, fully open
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L2 Test Data Set for
Coastal Ocean performance study
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Performance analysis
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Cryosat-2 SAR L2 data
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Project / internal
(ESA GPOD via WP3000 and WP4000)
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N Atlantic SAR region
(coastal zone only)
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Internal access
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Wind Data
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As a comparison for
exploitation of stack beam parameters
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Scatterometer Winds
(new coastally enhanced products)
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OSI-SAF
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Selected case studies in
N Atlantic SAR region
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2 years, 2012-2013
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ftp, SCOOP use
only
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Wave Model Output
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As a comparison for
exploitation of stack beam parameters
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WAM, WW3 and SWAN
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NOC – run internally
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Selected case studies in
N Atlantic SAR region
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Internal access
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L2 Test Data Set for
Coastal Ocean specific investigations
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Land Proximity and
ground track orientation
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Cryosat-2 SAR L2 data
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Project / internal
(ESA GPOD via WP3000 and WP4000)
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N Atlantic SAR region
(coastal zone only)
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Internal access
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Tide Gauge data
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Tide gauge time series
for:
Senetosa
Ajaccio
(SHOM)
Harvest oil platform (NASA/JPL Cal/val site).
Not online.
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Geo-referenced sea level
time series, with high-precision vertical reference.
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Senetosa: OCA
Ajaccio: SHOM (REFMAR)
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Senetosa, Ajaccio:
Mediterranean
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2008-present
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IIPR belongs to: OCA,
SHOM).
Data from CNES and SHOM can been obtained directly on web sites.
Data from the Harvest platform can be requested from NASA/JPL (contact
: Bruce Haines)
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Wave data
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Wave spectra/fields
parameters for Corsica site
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WW3 analysis
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IOWAGA hindcast data
base IFREMER
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Mediterranean Sea
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2013-present
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Public ftp, fully
open
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Tide gauge data
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Tide gauge time series
for 16 sites
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Georeferenced sea level
time series, with high-precision vertical reference: FLDW, LHAW, TGBU,
TGBF, TGBH, TGCU, TGDA, TGEM, TGKN, TGME, TGWD, TGWH, BORJ, HELG, HOE2,
HEL2
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Bundesanstalt für
Gewässerkunde (BfG)
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German Bight
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Data available via
direct request to BfG
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Wave data
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Wave data at 6 stations
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FINO-1, FINO-3, NSB,
ELBE, HELG, WESTERLAND
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Bundesamt für
Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Bundesumweltministerium
(BMU)
PTJ (Project Management Juerlich)
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German Bight
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Data available via
direct request to BSH, DWD,IFREMER, ECMWF
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Wind data
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Wind data at 4 stations
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FINO-1, FINO-3, TGBF,
NORD
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BSH, BMU, PTJ
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German Bight
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Model data (SL, SWH,
wind)
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Wave LSM and WW3-ATNE;
Wind COSMO-EU and ECMWF
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BSH, DWD, IFREMER, ECMWF
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German Bight
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2 years, 2012-2013
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Input for
cross-validation of altimeters
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Level 2 altimeter data
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Cryosat-2 SAR RDSAR,
Jason-2 or Saral/AltiKa Level 2 data
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ESA GPOD,
RADS
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German Bight
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2 years, 2012-2013
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ftp, SCOOP use only
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