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Swell wave products from ENVISAT Wide swath complex now available on SOPRANO

Posted on 2012/02/29 by dr.fab

ENVISAT ASAR wide swath complex(SLC) products are now available in NRT, as acquired and processed by VIGISAT receiving station in Brest. Swell wave retrieval requiring complex products will now be available in NRT on L2 swell section of SOPRANO web … Continue reading →

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Cold wave over Adriatic coast causes land breeze during daytime

Posted on 2012/01/31 by dr.fab

Typically observed during nighttime acquisitions in the summer, land breeze can also sometime happen in daytime during winter when water temperature is higher that land temperature.

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Azimuthal shift on image position – 23-24 jan 2012

Posted on 2012/01/24 by dr.fab

Since yesterday afternoon (January 23, 2012), an azimuthal shift is present in the geolocation information within the input SAR data, affecting quality of Level2 ocean products.The problem seems to have been resolved as of 11:45UTC today January 24, 2012 Continue reading →

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