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Release of the ROM SAF multi-mission Climate Data Record
DATE:   2021-06-09 08:23
TYPE:   DATA
Description
Dear ROM SAF DATA User

Issued : 2021-06-09 08:20 UTC

The ROM SAF is pleased to announce that the multi-mission Climate Data Record (CDR) based on Metop, COSMIC, GRACE, and CHAMP data, is now available (product id: GRM-28-R1). The multi-mission CDR covers the time period from September 2001 to December 2016.

The multi-mission CDR was generated as a part of the first ROM SAF reprocessing (RE1). Unlike the single-mission CDRs, this data record only contains Level 3 gridded monthly mean data. The corresponding Level 1B and Level 2 profile data are included in the single-mission CDRs.

The ROM SAF multi-mission CDR is based on the following data:

| MISSION | TIME PERIOD | INPUT FROM |

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| Metop | Dec 2006-Dec 2016 | EUMETSAT |

| COSMIC | Jul 2006-Dec 2016 | UCAR |

| GRACE | Mar 2007-Dec 2016 | UCAR |

| CHAMP | Sep 2001-Sep 2008 | UCAR |

For more information see the Validation Report for Reprocessed Level 3 gridded data.

The ROM SAF product archive contains the resulting Level 1B, 2A, 2B and 2C data (atmospheric profiles), and Level 3 data (gridded monthly means) formatted as netCDF files, with a subset of the atmospheric profiles formatted as BUFR. The definition of processing
levels are as follows:

Level 1A: excess phases, amplitudes, satellite orbital data (input)
Level 1B: bending angle
Level 2A: refractivity, dry temperature
Level 2B: temperature, humidity, pressure
Level 2C: surface pressure, tropopause height
Level 3: gridded monthly means of all geophysical variables

Documentation (including algorithm descriptions, product user manuals and validation reports) and access to the products are available at the Product Archive (https://www.romsaf.org/product_archive.php).

Kind regards
The ROM SAF Team

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