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Version History

Version Date Update Release Note
vCa 2025/1/14 Start of data provision PDF
vCb 2025/3/13 ・A +1.6 dB calibration was applied to the received power based on external calibration results obtained using the Active Radar Calibrator (ARC).
・The value of rayHeaderRangeBinSize was corrected.
・The degradedQualityFlag was corrected.
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vCc 2025/7/9 The CPR observation mode was changed from 20km to 18km for latitudes between 60°S and 60°N. PDF
vCd 2025/8/6 ・The resolution of the noise floor was improved.
・The TxRxStatusFlag was corrected.
・The missingRayNumber was corrected.
PDF
vDa 2025/10/16 ・The method for calculating binHeight was corrected.
・The selective use of the Doppler reference signal was disabled.
・The number of valid bins in the external calibration mode was fixed.
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Dimension

Name Number of Pixels Description
nray - Number of ray
nbin 218 (Nominal observation mode)
544 (Contingency observation mode)
Number of bin

Variables

ScienceData
Variable Name Units Description/Attributes Dimention Type
Data        
operationalMode unitless Observation Mode
4: Normal Observation
5: Sea-Surface Calibration
6: External Calibration
8: Contingency Observation
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
subOperationalMode unitless Sub Observation Mode
(operationalMode=4)
1: Low
2: Middle
3: High
5: MIX (Low)
6: MIX (Middle)
7: MIX (High)
(operationalMode=8)
1: Contingency Obs
2: External Cal
3: Sea-Surface Cal
(operationalMode=5,6)
other 0
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
rangeBinValidNumber unitless Number of Valid Range Bin with Observation mode
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
rayStatusPrf Hz Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) at each ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
integrationNumberEcho unitless Pulse Integration Number of the Echo for Each Ray
attribute
nray H5T_STD_I16LE
integrationNumberDoppler unitless Integration Number of the Pulse-Pair for Each Ray
attribute
nray H5T_STD_I16LE
rayHeaderCalVers unitless L1b version control file version
attribute
1 H5T_STD_U32LE
rayHeaderLambda m Radar Wave Length (Fixed Value)
attribute
1 H5T_IEEE_F64LE
radarCoefficient 1/m3 Radar Coefficient for Calculation of Reflectivity
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
pulseWidth us Estimated Transmit Pulse Length
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
transmitPower W Transmit Power of Each Ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
transmitPowerAvg W Averaged Transmit Power for one Orbital Cycle
attribute
1 H5T_IEEE_F32LE
pulseShapeWarnFlag unitless Quality Flag for Transmit Power Estimation
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
receivedEchoPower W Received Echo Power before Subtraction of Noise Power
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
noiseFloorPower W Received Noise Level
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
radarReflectivityFactor mm6/m3 Radar Reflectivity Factor without Attenuation Correction
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
dopplerVelocity m/s Radial Doppler Velocity (Corrected with satellite velocity contamination and Doppler reference signal)
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
spectrumWidth m/s Doppler Spectral Width
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
covarianceCoeff unitless Covariance Coefficient of Pulse-Pair with Doppler Reference Correction (Real Part and Imaginary Part)
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
binStatusFlag unitless Quality Flag for Received Echo Power and Doppler measurement at each range bin (Echo level at each range bin shows saturation or low level of Log Detector and IQ detector)
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_STD_U8LE
txRxStatusFlag unitless Quality Flag for Transmitter and Receiver Performance (Transmitter off; Warm-up stage of transmitter; Abnormal Receiver Gain)
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
dopplerStatusFlag unitless Quality Flag for Doppler measurement (Corrections of IQ detector; Doppler Reference signal; Satellite velocity contamination may have larger error)
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
sigmaZero dB Normalised Radar Cross Section on Surface
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
surfaceBinNumber unitless Estimated Surface Bin Number (Integer)
attribute
nray H5T_STD_I16LE
surfaceBinFraction unitless Fraction of Surface Bin Number (-0.5 to +0.5)
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
surfaceEstimationFlag unitless Quality Flag for Surface Bin Estimation
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
rayStatusFlag unitless Quality Flag for onboard Signal Processing and ground L1 processing
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U32LE
rayQualityFlag unitless Quality information determined by combinations of the other quality flags in ray (rayStatusFlag, surfaceEstimationFlag, pulseShapeWarnFlag, dopplerStatusFlag, txRxStatusFlag).
When all quality flags in ray show no errors and no warnings, this flag indicates 0
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U8LE
dopplerVelocityAtSurfaceBin m/s Doppler velocity at the surface bin
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
satelliteVelocityContaminationInLOS m/s Satellite velocity in line-of-sight (LOS)
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
Geo        
profileTime seconds since 2000-1-1 00:00:00.0 Representative Time of each ray Sequential seconds counted from 1/1/2000
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
timeFlag unitless Synchronization Flag between CPR time and Satellite time
(1: Synchronized 0: Unsynchronized)
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
latitude degree_north Latitude (degree) of ray centre position given in geodetic reference frame
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
longitude degree_east Longitude (degree) of ray centre position given in geodetic reference frame
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
rayHeaderSpatAvg m Horizontal Satellite-Track Length for one Ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
rangeToIntercept m Range (m) from satellite to the geoid surface at each ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
surfaceElevation m Representative surface elevation (m) from the WGS84 surface at each ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
binHeight m Representative height (m) from the WGS84 surface corresponding to each bin
attribute
nray, nbin H5T_IEEE_F32LE
navigationLandWaterFlg unitless Land-Water Flag (0:water 1:land 65535:invalid)
The land/water mask derived from Globcover is used.
attribute
nray H5T_STD_U16LE
rangeToFirstBin m Distance (m) from satellite to the first sampling bin in L1b data at each ray
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
rayHeaderRangeBinSize m One Sample Bin Range (m) (Fixed value from L1 specific file)
attribute
1 H5T_IEEE_F32LE
pitchAngle degree Rotation angle around rotated -Xs. Note that this angle includes the satellite attitude and the CPR antenna's offset angle determined by CPR attachment error and thermal distortion of the antenna.
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
rollAngle degree Rotation angle around -Ys (satellite orbit frame). Note that this angle includes the satellite attitude and the antenna's offset angle determined by CPR attachment error and thermal distortion of the antenna.
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
yawAngle degree Rotation angle around rotated +Z1s axis. Note that this angle includes the satellite attitude and the antenna's offset angle determined by CPR attachment error.
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
xPosition m X Position of Satellite (m) with Earth Centred Earth Fixed (ECEF) coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
yPosition m Y Position of Satellite (m) with ECEF coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
zPosition m Z Position of Satellite (m) with ECEF coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
satelliteVelocityX m/s X Component of Satellite Velocity (m/s) with ECEF coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
satelliteVelocityY m/s Y Component of Satellite Velocity (m/s) with ECEF coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
satelliteVelocityZ m/s Z Component of Satellite Velocity (m/s) with ECEF coordinate
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F64LE
solarElevationAngle degree Solar elevation angle
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
solarAzimuthAngle degree Solar azimuth angle
attribute
nray H5T_IEEE_F32LE
processingFrameNo unitless Sequential number of rays in each control cycle
attribute
nray H5T_STD_I16LE
rangeBinMaxNumber unitless Maximum Range Bin Size for this L1B product
( 218 for Normal Observation or 544 for Contingency Observation)
attribute
1 H5T_STD_I16LE
rayNumber unitless Number of Ray within L1B Product
(28(Frame start margin ray) + One Frame + 28(Frame stop margin ray))
attribute
1 H5T_STD_I16LE
HeaderData

Please reffer to the "Product Definition Document" for header information.