Overview
The current version of the AWI CryoSat-2 sea ice product in the northern hemisphere is version 2.1 that has been released in October 2018. The previous versions have been discontinued.
Please see What's new in version 2.1 and how to Access Data Products.
Cryosat-2 Level-1 data is courtesy of ESA.
See the official ESA CryoSat website or the ESA CryoSat-2 Wiki for details.
How to cite the data?
A citable Product User Guide for version 2.1 of the AWI CryoSat-2 sea ice product will be published shortly
Data Content & Format
Distributed data processing levels are the daily trajectory summary (l2p) and weekly/monthly gridded data (l3c). The content of products based on the near-real time and reprocessed input version are identical and marked by the timeliness tag in the filename and global attributes of the netCDF files.
Version History
| Platform | Version | Timeliness | Start | End | Product Level | Status | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CryoSat-2 | v1.2 | Reprocessed (+1 month) | 2010-11 | 2017-04 | L3C (monthly grids) | discontinued | epic.awi.de |
| CryoSat-2 | v2.0 | Reprocessed (+1 month) Near-real time (+2 day) | 2010-11 | 2018-04 | L2P (daily trajectory) L3C (weekly/monthly) | discontinued | |
| CryoSat-2 | v2.1 | Reprocessed (+1 month) Near-real time (+2 day) | 2010-11 | ongoing | L2P (daily trajectory) L3C (weekly/monthly) | active |