Level-1A ECHO_SAR_Ku Product: Time Parameters

Level-1A ECHO_SAR_Ku Product: Time parameters
PARAMETER Time-tag
NETCDF NAME time_l1a_echo_sar_ku
DESCRIPTION Time of the occurrence of the measurement.
UTC time elapsed since 1st January 2000 00:00:00.
This time has been:
  • converted from on-board time counters
  • referenced to the overflown surface
  • referenced to the middle of the tracking cycle.
UNITS seconds
PARAMETERS RELATED UTC_day_l1a_echo_sar_ku:
  • UTC days elapsed since 1st January 2000
UTC_sec_l1a_echo_sar_ku:
  • UTC seconds in the day
UTC_time_20hz_l1a_echo_sar_ku:
  • UTC of the 20Hz measurement (since 1st January 2000)
ALGORITHMS RELATED ALT_CON_TIM_01 algorithm
ALT_CON_TIM_02 algorithm
PARAMETER DETAILED DESCRIPTION Sentinel-3 Core PDGS Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) Implementation. Product Data Format Specification. SRAL/MWR Level 1 & 2 Instrument Products