SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Pixel Cloud Vector Attribute Product Version 1.0

(SWOT_SIMULATED_NA_CONTINENT_L2_HR_PIXCVEC_V1)
Version1.0
Processing Level2
Start/Stop Date2022-Aug-01 to 2022-Aug-22
Short NameSWOT_SIMULATED_NA_CONTINENT_L2_HR_PIXCVEC_V1
DescriptionThis dataset provides a simulated water surface elevation product that resembles the Ka-band Interferometer (KaRIn) measurements by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. SWOT will provide a global coverage but this simulated subset focuses on the North America continent. The simulated SWOT KaRIN swaths span 128 km in the cross-swath direction with a 20-km nadir gap. This product is complementary to the L2_HR_PIXC_V1 product. It provides a less noisy, height-constrained geolocation (latitude, longitude, and height) of the L2_HR_PIXC_V1 pixels. In addition, this product provides an identifier associated with each pixel. The identifier contains the information of the river and/or lake features pulled from the Prior River Database (PRD) or in the Prior Lake Database (PLD). Note that this is a simulated SWOT product and not suited for any scientific exploration.
DOI10.5067/KARIN-2PXV1
MeasurementTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES
Platform/Sensor
COMPUTERS
Platform
Name: COMPUTERS (COMPUTERS)
/
Computer
SENSOR
Name: Computer (Computer)

Data ProviderPublisher: PO.DAAC
Creator: SWOT
Release Place: PO.DAAC
Release Date: 2022-Jun-16

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)SWOT, water height, water area, L2_HR_PIXCVec, pixel cloud vector, river, lake
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 20 Meters x 20 Meters
Temporal Resolution: 1 second - < 1 minute
 
Coverage
Region: NORTH AMERICA
North Bounding Coordinate: 52 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 24 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -113 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: -82 degrees
Time Span: 2022-Aug-01 to 2022-Aug-22
 
Projection
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
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NameLong NameUnit
height_vectorprocheight above reference ellipsoidm
ice_clim_fclimatological ice cover flag
ice_dyn_fdynamical ice cover flag
lake_ididentifier of the associated prior lake
latitude_vectorprocheight-constrained geolocation latitudedegrees_north
longitude_vectorprocheight-constrained geolocation longitudedegrees_east
node_ididentifier of the associated prior river node
obs_ididentifier of the observed feature
reach_ididentifier of the associated prior river reach
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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. Please cite the data as follows, and cite the reference papers when it is appropriate.
Citation SWOT. 2022. SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Pixel Cloud Vector Attribute Product Version 1.0. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/KARIN-2PXV1

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For more information see Data Citations and Acknowledgments.
Journal Reference Cassie Stuurman, Claire Pottier, Curtis Chen, Roger Fjørtoft, Oh-Ig Kwoun, Hélène Vadon. 2020. Level 2 KaRIn high rate raster product, JPL.

Sylvain Biancamaria, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Tamlin M. Pavelsky. 2016. The SWOT Mission and Its Capabilities for Land Hydrology, Springer, 37, 2. 10.1007/s10712-015-9346-y

JPL Internal Document. 2018. Surface Water and Ocean Topography Mission (SWOT) Project: Science Requirements Document, JPL D-61923, Rev. B, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.