PARAMETER

Time-tag

NETCDF NAME

time_l1bs_echo_sar_ku

DESCRIPTION

Time of the occurrence of the measurement.

UTC time elapsed since 1^st 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_l1bs_echo_sar_ku:

UTC days elapsed since 1^st January 2000

UTC_sec_l1bs_echo_sar_ku:

UTC seconds in the day

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