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ECMWF monthly performance reports

RA-2 Performance Reports from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting provide information on a number of data series, including:

  • Time series of data reception for ENVISAT Altimeter data.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band backscatter after QC.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter S-band backscatter after QC.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter wind speeds after QC.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter wind speeds after along track averaging.
  • Global distribution of ECMWF ocean surface wind speeds.
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and ECMWF surface wind speeds.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and ECMWF surface wind speeds.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and ECMWF surface wind speeds.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and ECMWF surface wind speeds.(Southern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and buoy surface wind speeds.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and buoy surface wind speeds.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter and buoy surface wind speeds.(Tropics).
  • ENVISAT Altimeter wind speeds: Timeseries of daily bias (RA2 - model) and scatter index.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band wave heights after QC.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter S-band wave heights after QC.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band wave heights after along track averaging.
  • Distribution of the ENVISAT Altimeter S-band wave heights after along track averaging.
  • Distribution of the ERS-2 Altimeter wave heights after along track averaging.
  • Global distribution of WAM first guess wave heights.
  • Global distribution of WAM analysis (ERS-2 RA Assimilation) wave heights.
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and WAM significant wave heights.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and WAM sig. wave heights.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and WAM significant wave heights.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and WAM sig. wave heights.(Southern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and WAM significant wave heights.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and WAM sig. wave heights.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and WAM significant wave heights.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and WAM sig. wave heights.(Southern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and buoy significant wave heights.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and buoy sig. wave heights.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band and buoy significant wave heights.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and buoy significant wave heights.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and buoy sig. wave heights.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT Altimeter S-band and buoy significant wave heights.(Tropics).
  • ENVISAT Altimeter Ku-band wave heights: Timeseries of daily bias (RA2 - model) and scatter index.
  • ENVISAT Altimeter S-band wave heights: Timeseries of daily bias (RA2 - model) and scatter index.
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF wet tropospheric correction.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF wet tropospheric correction.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF wet tropospheric correction.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF wet tropospheric correction.(Southern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF total column water vapour.(Global).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF total column water vapour.(Northern Hemisphere).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF total column water vapour.(Tropics).
  • Comparison between ENVISAT MWR and ECMWF total column water vapour.(Southern Hemisphere).
  • ENVISAT MWR wet tropospheric correction: Timeseries of daily bias (MWR-model) and scatter index.
  • ENVISAT MWR total column water vapour: Timeseries of daily bias (MWR-model) and scatter index.
  • total number of observations associated with a WAM sea point (inp) Ku-Hs associated with a WAM sea point passed QC (acc)
  • Double observations QC: rain flag QC: std. dev. of 18Hz range (or peakiness) above limit QC: Ku-Hs out of range ( Hs 0.10 OR HS 20.0 )
  • Time series of data reception for ENVISAT Altimeter data for September 2002


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