Validation – Sentinel-3 Altimetry Technical Guide – Sentinel Online
The main SRAL validation tasks developed during the SENTINEL-3 commissioning and routine phases are:
- in-commissioning phase Level-2 algorithm verification for all Level-2 'baseline' products (tuning of all relevant processing parameters, regeneration of all Level-2 auxiliary products)
- Level-2 algorithm validation starting during the commissioning phase and continuing into phase E2
- quantifying error estimates for Level-1 and Level-2 products
- validation against in situ measurements
- validation against other altimetry missions
- wind, wave product validation against models
- sea-ice freeboard validation with CRYOSAT
- internal calibration sequence validation
- tracking mode validation
- long term monitoring for consistency and quality of geophysical products
- advising on re-processing campaigns.
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