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<dc:title>Ocean Waves Thematic Data Product [ALT_TDP_WA]</dc:title>
<dc:subject>EARTH SCIENCE&gt;OCEANS&gt;OCEAN WAVES</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>EARTH SCIENCE&gt;OCEANS</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ERS-1</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ERS-2</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ENVISAT</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>RA</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>MWR</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>RA-2</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Orthoimagery</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Ocean Waves</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Oceans</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Sun-synchronous</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>800 km</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>5 - 1150 km</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Radar Altimeters</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ERS-1</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>ERS-2</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Envisat</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>RA</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>MWR</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>RA-2</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>DIF10</dc:subject>
<dc:description>This is the Ocean Waves Thematic Data Product (TDP) V1 resulting from the _$$ESA FDR4ALT project$$ https://www.fdr4alt.org/ and containing Significant Wave Height estimates for the ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat missions.&#13;Compared to existing datasets, the Ocean Waves TDP demonstrates notable improvements in several aspects:&#13;&#13;Great improvements for Envisat due to noise reduction from Adaptive retracker and High-Frequency Adjustment (HFA)&#13;All variables are given at 5 Hz&#13;The FDR4ALT products are available in NetCDF format. Free standard tools for reading NetCDF data can be used.&#13;Information for expert altimetry users is also available in a dedicated NetCDF group within the products.&#13;Please consult the _$$FDR4ALT Product User Guide$$ https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/d/earth-online/fdr4alt-products-user-guide before using the data.&#13;The FDR4ALT datasets represent the new reference data for the ERS/Envisat altimetry missions, superseding any previous mission data. Users are strongly encouraged to make use of these datasets for optimal results.</dc:description>
<dc:date>2024-04-22T00:00:00.00Z</dc:date>
<dc:type>series</dc:type>
<dc:identifier>TDPforOceanWaves</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:coverage>-90.0 -180.0 90.0 -180.0 90.0 180.0 -90.0 180.0 -90.0 -180.0</dc:coverage>
<dc:rights>EO Sign In Authentication</dc:rights>
</srw_dc:dc>
