ADS Central

The WEB Interface

for the Public Access to GFZ’s

Altimeter Database
And
Processing System
(ADS)
http://adsc.gfz-potsdam.de/ads
Access to Radar Altimetry Data

 Different data provider (NOAA,

NASA, CNES, ESA) with
 Different data formats
 Different revisions
 Different content
 Updates only rare, upgrades almost
NIL
 Number of correction models is
limited (mostly to 2)
Access to Radar Altimetry Data

 Large computers are needed for

most applications
 Large data volumes per mission
 No easy access to some mission
data
  DJ for CD-ROM or DVD’s
Several Tools for RA Access
 BRAT (ESA)
 http://earth.esa.int/brat/html/data/toolbox_en
.html
 RADS (Delft/NOAA)
 http://rads.tudelft.nl/rads/data/authentication.
shtml
 GFZ
 http://ads.gfz-potsdam.de/ads
 AVISO/CLS
 Only static (CD’s, FTP)
 proprietary binary, netCDF
Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox
 BRAT is a tool designed to use radar
altimetry data. It is able:
 to read all altimetry data from official data
centers, from ERS-1 and 2, Topex/Poseidon,
Geosat Follow-on, Jason-1, Envisat, Jason-2
and CryoSat, from Sensor Geophysical Data
Record to gridded merged data
 to do some processing and computations
 to visualize the results
 The Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox is a
joint project between ESA and CNES.

© earth.eo.esa.int/brat/
Radar Altimeter Database System
 RADS is DEOS' effort
in establishing a
harmonized,
validated and cross-
calibrated sea level
data base from
satellite altimeter
data.
 The RADS data base
aims at users at both
expert level like
geoscientists and
entry level, like
advisory councils,
water management
authorities, teachers,
and students.
© rads.tudelft.nl
Altimeter Database and Processing
System

 GFZ’s effort to
provide users
with the up-
to-date
altimetry data
and
processing
capabilities
 BRAT RADS ADS

Contributor ESA,CNES TU Delft GFZ

Different Missions   
netCDF export  
Data Editing   
Gridding   
Re-sampling   

Crossover analysis   
Merging new models   

Tide Gauge Analysis   

…
Access to Radar Altimetry Data

 Altimeter Database And

Processing System (ADS) was
developed
 As part of GFZ’s ESA support activities
(QLOPR products for ERS-1 & ERS-2)
 Improved as part of the D-PAC
activities of DLR
 As the scientific tool for GFZ’s internal
scientific work & basically provides
access to the GFZ expertise
 ADS Central: Aim (1)
 Provide Radar Altimetry Data to users
in a consistent and simplified way (web
based)
 Provide basic processing capabilities to
users
 Provide state-of-the-art correction
models
 Provide upgrading and harmonization
 Allows for individual corrections (if you
provide us, or let us know)
 From Space Agencies to ADS

Correction known upgrades

Raw Data
models & corrections

ADS
Storage

User@ww GFZ Web

w Server FTP

adsc.gfz-potsdam.de/ads
ADS Central: Aim (2)
 Possible Products
 Crossover Analysis
 Estimation of Sea Level Variability, Sea Level
Change, etc.
 Tide Gauge Analysis
 Sea Surface Height Grids
 Sea Surface Topography Grids
 Wind/SWH at specific points or along lines
 ….
ADS Start
 adsc.gfz-
potsdam.de/ads
 Registration by e-mail
 Static IP of the
workstation

 Two functions for

anonymous users
 Download data
 ADS Help
ADS: Anonymous Access
 Access to GFO-1,
GEOSAT and
TOPEX data only
 Only for small
subsets of data
 SSH, SST, Wind &
SWH only
 Limited in
download size
 Full quality of ADS
ADS How to Register?

 Press button to send

e-mail
 The e-mail contains
the caller IP, which is
necessary to log in
 Access control is via
static IP

 Registration process is
manually performed
by ADS Team
ADS Central (Main Screen)

•Status Screen
•Databank Access
•Process List
•Parameter List
•Help
ADS Central (DataBase)

RA Data

•GEOS-3
•Geosat
•ERS-1
•ERS-2
•GFO-1
•JASON-1
•JASON-2
•Topex
•ENVISAT
•CryoSat-2
ADS Central (online Data Base)
GEOS-3 04/1975 – 12/1978

GEOSAT 03/1985 – 10/1989

GFO-1 01/2000 – 09/2008

ERS-1 08/1991 – 06/1996

ERS-2 05/1995 – 06/2011

ENVISAT 09/2002 – …

TOPEX 09/1992 – 10/2005

JASON-1 01/2002 – …

JASON-2 07/2008 – …

CryoSat-2 01/2011 – …
ADS Central (Process List)

Process List
ADS Central (Forms)

Individual
Forms

with
Context
depended
HELP
ADS Central (Help)
ADS Central (Parameter List)

Individual
Forms

with
Context
depended
HELP
ADS Central (recipes)

General
HELP for
various
topics
ADS Central (recipes)
ADS does …

 Stores your results for a limited

time
 Allows to perform processing chains
 Is open for suggestions to upgrade
and develop programs
 Tries to be up-to-date with data and
models
An Note on Privacy
 All Orders are logged by the system
 Results are stored for a few days at GFZ

BUT

 Nobody has the time and nerve to look,

what you are researching
 User help is provided, but may take a few
hours to days
Recommended ADS selection

 Limit of Altimeter Stdev [m]

~ 0.15
 Limit of SWH [m]
~ 15.0
 Limit of Wind Speed [m/s]
~ 18.0
 Ignore Record if Bathymetry> X
~ -10.
Recommended ADS selection
 Use Geoid Model: EIGEN1S

 Use Bathy/Topo Model JGP95E

 Use MSSH reference Model CLS01_MSSH

 Apply external Calibration yes

 Apply Center of Gravity yes

 Recommended ADS selection
ERS1 ERS2 TOPX JAS1 GSAT
EM-Bias SSB_BM4_remko SSB_CLS

Inverse Moving_IBC_9d_avg
Baro
Ocean Tide GOT 4.7 (GOT4)

Ocean GOT 4.7 (GO4L)

Load
Earth Tide IERS_Convention

Iono NIC09 NIC09 DUFT IR95 or

correct. since NIC09
2002:
GIM_CODG
Dry tropo FMET ECMWF NCEP

Wet Tropo RADIOMETER NCEP

Pole Tide EOP_C_04

Orbit EIGEN-2SP AVISO_EI EIGEN-2SP

Model GEN-
CG03C
 Recommended ADS selection
ENVI CR2A JAS2 GEOS
EM-Bias SSB_BM4_gfz

Inverse Moving_IBC_9d_avg
Baro
Ocean Tide GOT 4.7 (GOT4)

Ocean GOT 4.7 (GO4L)

Load
Earth Tide IERS_Convention

Iono DUFT NIC09 DUFT IR95

correct. Since 2008 since
GIM_CODG 2002:
GIM_CODG
Dry Tropo FMET ECMWF

Wet Tropo RADIOMETER

Pole Tide EOP_C_04

Orbit AVISO_EIGEN-CG03C internal

Model
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