Algorithm Input and Output Data Definition (IODD)#

Except for the input L1B TB data, the auxiliary and output data are all on EASE2 grids. Refer to Table 4.

Input data#

Field

Description

Shape/Amount

L1B TB

L1B Brightness Temperature at KU and KA-bands (both H and V polarization)

full swath or section of it (Nscans, Npos)

L1B NeΔT

Random radiometric uncertainty of the channels

full swath or section of it (Nscans, Npos)

Output data#

Field

Description

Shape/Amount

sea-ice drift vectors

dX and dY components of the motion vectors.

(nx,ny) on the (n,s)h_ease2-250 grid.

sea-ice drift vectors uncertainty

dX and dY components of the uncertainty vector (1-sigma).

(nx,ny) on the (n,s)h_ease2-250 grid.

status flags

indicate the reasons for missing, bad, or nominal vectors.

(nx,ny) on the (n,s)h_ease2-250 grid.

Auxiliary data#

Field

Description

Shape/Amount

sea-ice and land mask

A recent sea-ice concentration field including land information

SIC and land-mask on the (n,s)h_ease2-005 grid.