Catalogue PIGMA
Wind & Wave product SWOT Level-3 WindWave - Light
The SWOT KaRIn Level-3 Wind Wave product (L3_LR_WIND_WAVE) is an innovative product derived from the Unsmoothed L3_LR_SSH product (DOI: 10.24400/527896/A01-2024.003), which is based on the algorithm presented by Ardhuin et al. (2024). L3_LR_WIND_WAVE takes advantage of the KaRIn Low Rate (LR) chain's ability to resolve waves with wavelengths greater than 500 meters (approximately 18 seconds) and provides detailed information on the characteristics of these wave regimes. This includes significant wave height (SWH), dominant wavelength, and wave propagation direction. These regimes are associated with long-period swells and extreme events that play a critical role in ocean dynamics, coastal processes, and maritime operations. The SWOT L3_LR_WIND_WAVE product is organized into two subproducts, "Light" and "Extended". The L2_LR_SSH "Light" product is described in this metadata sheet.
The "Light" L3_LR_WIND_WAVE (also known as the "lightweight" product) includes the SWOT L3_LR_SSH 250-m SSHA spectrum, corrected for instrumental effects and expressed in both Cartesian and polar coordinates. It also includes the swell partition of the spectrum and the wave parameters integrated over this partition, for both the WW3 model and the KaRIn model (significant wave height, wavelength, and direction).
The "Extended" L3_LR_WIND_WAVE includes the aforementioned variables plus the WW3 spectrum in the same frequency grid as the KaRIn spectrum and the KaRIn transfer functions used for correction, as well as some parameters derived from KaRIn observations (e.g., coherence, mean backscatter).
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- Date (lastUpdate)
- 2025-03-15
- Version
- v2.0
Identifier
- Credit
- CDS-AVISO
- Status
- completed Completed
- Cersat - Parameter
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- Sea Surface Topography
- Cersat - GCMD parameter
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- /Ocean Waves/Wind Waves
- /Ocean Winds/Surface Winds
- Centre de données ODATIS
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- CDS-AVISO
- Specific usage
- Update
- Use limitation
- None
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Open Licence
- Other constraints
- "The SWOT L3_LR_WIND_WAVE product, derived from the SWOT L3_LR_SSH product, is produced by DUACS and LOPS teams as part of the DESMOS and VAGUES Science Team projects and made freely available by AVISO". SSALTO/DUACS., 2025. SWOT Level-3 KaRIn Wind Wave Light (v2.0) [Data set]. CNES. https://doi.org/10.24400/527896/a01-2024.016.
- Unique resource identifier
- 8c961685-cecb-41d9-b2d9-2a22cdd3d0c2
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Unique resource identifier
- de48c5b5-18f7-4829-ba0e-78f3dff047ac
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Distance
- 250 m
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- Geographic identifier
- Global
- Begin date
- 2023-08-11
- End date
- 2024-06-17
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
- Distribution format
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NetCDF
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NetCDF
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4
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OnLine resource
- OnLine resource
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SWOT L3_LR_WIND_WAVE Light
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WWW:LINK
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THREDDS
- OnLine resource
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Software
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WWW:LINK
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SWOT Ocean data tutorials
- OnLine resource
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Other document
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WWW:LINK
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AVISO SWOT Orbit files (kml and shapefile) for the 1-day and 21-day orbits
- OnLine resource
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User guide
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WWW:LINK
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Product User Manual (handbook)
- OnLine resource
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Web link (URL)
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WWW:LINK
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Altimetry product SWOT Level-3 Low Rate SSH - Unsmoothed
- OnLine resource
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Web link (URL)
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WWW:LINK
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Ardhuin, F., Molero, B., Bohé, A., Nouguier, F., Collard, F., Houghton, I., et al.(2024). Phase‐resolved swells across ocean basins in SWOT altimetry data: Revealing centimeter‐scale wave heights including coastal reflection. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109658. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109658.
- OnLine resource
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Software
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WWW:LINK
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SWOT Swell analysis tools
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- Production and restricted distribution of the Basic SWOT L3_LR_SSH (2-km) version 0.3 product derived from the beta pre-validated L2_LR_SSH version 1.0 (summer 2023 reprocessing).
- Date / Time
- v0.3 2023-12-22
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- Production and distribution of the Basic SWOT L3_LR_SSH (2-km) version 1.0 product derived from the L2_LR_SSH version C for both the Calibration (cycles 474 - 578) and Science (cycles 1 - 17) phases.
- Date / Time
- v1.0 2024-05-07
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- Production and distribution of the Basic SWOT L3_LR_SSH (2-km) version 1.0.2 product for both the Calibration (cycles 474 - 578) and Science (cycle 1 - ongoing) phases.
- Date / Time
- v1.0.2 2024-09-10
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- Production and distribution of the Basic SWOT L3_LR_SSH (2-km) version 2.0 product for both the Calibration (cycles 474 - 578) and Science (cycle 1 - ongoing) phases.
- Date / Time
- v2.0 2025-01-27
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
- Production and distribution of the Basic SWOT L3_LR_SSH (2-km) version 2.0.1 product for both the Calibration (cycles 474 - 578) and Science (cycle 1 - ongoing) phases.
- Date / Time
- v2.0.1 2025-03-15
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Attribute description
- pass
- Processing level code
- L3 /
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