Brightness Temperatures – Sentinel-3 Altimetry Technical Guide – Sentinel Online
The brightness temperature is computed at Level-2 processing.
- Channel 1 main beam BT
- Channel 2 main beam BT
- Standard deviation for channel 1 main beam BT
- Standard deviation for channel 2 main beam BT
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PARAMETER |
Brightness Temperatures |
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NETCDF NAME |
tb_238_[x1]_[x2] |
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DESCRIPTION |
The RAD_MAN_INT_03 algorithm computes brightness surface temperature at both 23.8 GHz (channel 1) and 36.6 GHz (channel 2) frequencies, averaging/interpolating the 7 Hz radiometer brightness temperatures to the 1 Hz altimeter time-tags. |
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UNITS |
10-2 K |
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DATA SET AVAILABILITY |
Reduced: none |
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OPERATING MODE AVAILABILITY |
LRM and SAR |
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DATA ORIGIN |
1 Hz Ku/C-bands: RAD_MAN_INT_03 algorithm |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
None |
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PARAMETERS RELATED |
None |
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PARAMETER DETAILED DESCRIPTION |
ESA's Global Land and Ocean Mission for GMES Operational Services |