pysiral.envisat.functions

Attributes

`NOMINAL_TRACKING_BIN`
`BIN_WIDTH_METER`

Functions

`mdsr_timestamp_to_datetime`(mdsr_time)	Interpret the Envisat format time into a datetime object
`get_envisat_wfm_range`(window_delay_meter, n_range_bins)
`get_envisat_window_delay`(tracker_range, ...[, ...])	Calculating the window delay of the first range bin:

Module Contents

pysiral.envisat.functions.NOMINAL_TRACKING_BIN = 45

pysiral.envisat.functions.BIN_WIDTH_METER = 0.4686

pysiral.envisat.functions.mdsr_timestamp_to_datetime(mdsr_time): Interpret the Envisat format time into a datetime object

pysiral.envisat.functions.get_envisat_wfm_range(window_delay_meter, n_range_bins, bin_width_meter=BIN_WIDTH_METER)

pysiral.envisat.functions.get_envisat_window_delay(tracker_range, doppler_correction, slope_doppler_correction, nominal_tracking_bin=NOMINAL_TRACKING_BIN, bin_width_meter=BIN_WIDTH_METER)

Calculating the window delay of the first range bin:

from SICCI-1 processor:

window_delay = tracker_range + range_delta + doppler_correction +: slope_doppler_correction

with

tracker_range: field ‘18hz_tracker_range_no_doppler_ku’ from: mds_ra2.range_information

range_delta: - nominal_tracking_bin * bin_width

doppler_correction: field ‘18Hz_ku_range_doppler’ from: mds_ra2.range_correction
slope_doppler_correction: field ‘18Hz_ku_range_doppler_slope’ from: mds_ra2.range_correction