Offline: 20/12/2023

IPF1 vO2.5

Minor upgrade of the Ice Baseline-E Processors to resolve two anomalies affecting the generation of Calibration products. No changes were made to the ice products.

Offline:
SIR1LRM/7.4
SIR1SAR/7.4
SARIN/7.4

Offline: 08/01/2023

IPF1 vO2.3

Minor upgrade of the Ice Baseline-E Processors to resolve two recurring processing failures affecting the ice products.

Offline:
SIR1LRM/7.2
SIR1SAR/7.2
SARIN/7.2

NRT: 06/02/2023

NRT IPF1 vO1.3

Minor upgrade of the Ice Baseline-E Processors to resolve two recurring processing failures affecting the ice products.

NRT:
SIR1SARNRT/2.3
SARINNRT/2.3

Offline: 19/01/2022

IPF1 vO2.2

Minor upgrade of the Ice Baseline-E Processors to update the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in the global attributes of the data file. This required a change to the PCONF file but no changes were made to the processors themselves.

Offline:
SIR1LRM/7.1
SIR1SAR/7.1
SARIN/7.1

NRT: 16/02/2022

NRT IPF1 vO1.2

Minor upgrade of the NRT Baseline-E Processors to update the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in the global attributes of the data file. This required a change to the PCONF file but no changes were made to the processors themselves.

NRT:
SIR1SARNRT/2.2
SARINNRT/2.2

• Implementation of the updated Earth Explorer CFI software library
• Addition of 20Hz Pseudo-LRM (PLRM) estimates to the L1B SAR and SARIn products
• Compression of the L1B NetCDF products
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies.

• Updated orbit selection policy to ensure consistent use of the DORIS Navigator Orbit
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies.

Upgrade of the CryoSat Ice Processors to Baseline-D. This is a major software upgrade and introduces significant evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-C. The update of IPF1 includes:

• New NetCDF format
• New SAR/ SARIn stack peakiness parameter added
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies

Software version issued to implement improvements to the FDM mode. This update includes:

• Use of Star tracker L0 files in FDM chain
• Introduction of attitude information in the L1B FDM Time Orbit Group

Other operative modes (SAR and SARIn) have not been modified at this stage and the processor versions remain unchanged (see below).

Software version issued following a major IPF upgrade. This was used to process all products marked by the new Baseline-C and introduces major evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-B. The update of IPF1 includes:

• Provision of additional attitude information in new product fields
• Use of best available attitude information coming from the same Star Tracker selected on-board
• L1B product format and content changes; Fix of several ARs from the previous IPF1 Vk2.1
• Updated configuration parameters in the PCONF, IPFDB and IPF Task Tables

* L1 LRM, SAR, & SARIn data from validity 22/02/2015 to 01/04/2015 is a hybrid Baseline-C using the old Baseline-B orbit model.

Software version issued to implement amendments to the processor Task Tables. No changes were made to the processor executables or PCONF files. This update includes:

• Update of all standard processor Task Tables to make the use of certain auxiliary data files mandatory in Offline production
• The fix of several ARs related to Task Tables from the previous IPF1 Vk2.0

Software version issued in the frame of the CryoSat mission to implement improvements to the FDM mode. Other operative modes (LRM, SAR and SARIn) have not been modified at this stage. This update includes:

• The fix of several ARs from the previous IPF1 Vk1.0 for FDM mode only

Software version issued following the first year of the CryoSat Operations Phase. This was used to process all products marked by the new baseline B and includes the following:

• The fix of several ARs from the previous IPF1 Vj1.1
• Updated configuration settings in the PCONF, IPFDB and IPF Task Tables
• Integration of Earth Explorer 3.7.4.1 CFI libraries

Software version issued for the transfer to operations. This includes the following:

• The fix of several ARs from Commissioning Phase (from Vi1.0)
• Change of settings in the PCONF and IPFDB
• Integration of Explorer Geocorrection 4.2 CFI library
• Integration of Earth Explorer 3.7.3 CFI libraries

Offline: 19/01/2022

IPF2 vO2.2

Minor upgrade of the Ice Baseline-E Processors to update the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in the global attributes of the data file. This required a change to the PCONF file but no changes were made to the processors themselves.

Offline: IPF2LRM/7.1
IPF2SAR/7.1
IPF2SRN/7.1
IPF2GDR/7.1

NRT: 16/02/2022

NRT IPF2 vO1.1

Minor upgrade of the NRT Baseline-E Processors to update the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in the global attributes of the data file. This required a change to the PCONF file but no changes were made to the processors themselves.

NRT:
IPF2SARNRT/2.1
IPF2SRNNRT/2.1

• Improvements to SSHA interpolation
• An improved snow depth correction
• Improvements to LRM and SARIn land ice retracking
• Implementation of the updated Earth Explorer CFI software library
• Compression of the L2 NetCDF products
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies.

• Updated orbit selection policy to ensure consistent use of the DORIS Navigator Orbit
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies.

• New NetCDF format
• Freeboard computation in SARIn mode
• Improvements to sea ice and land ice retrackers
• Resolution of a number of known data quality anomalies

IPF2LRM/5.2
IPF2SAR/5.2
IPF2SRN/5.3
IPF2GDR/5.2

Software version issued to fix an anomaly with the attitude information fields in the L2 SAR and L2i products (all modes). FDM has not been modified at this stage. Changes implemented in this update:

• Roll, Pitch, Yaw and Star Tracker ID fields no longer contain zero values in the L2 SAR and L2i products (all modes)

Software version issued to implement improvements to the FDM mode. Other operative modes (LRM, SAR and SARIn) have not been modified at this stage. This update includes:

• Use of Star tracker L0 files in FDM chain

Software version issued following a major IPF upgrade. This software is used to process all products marked by the new Baseline-C and introduces major evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-B. The update includes:

• L2 product format and content changes
• Refinement of the OGOG and CFI land-ice retrackers (LRM)
• New retracker for land ice (LRM)
• New retracker and freeboard activation (SAR)
• Use of new Arctic MSS (SAR), Antarctica and Greenland DEM (SARIn), updated Slope Model (LRM)
• Fix of several ARs from the previous IPF2 Vk1.2
• Updated configuration parameters in the PCONF, IPFDB and IPF Task Tables

*L2 and L2i LRM, SAR, SARIn & GDR data from validity 22/02/2015 to 01/04/2015 is a hybrid Baseline-C, using the old Baseline-B orbit model.

Software version issued to implement amendments to the processor Task Tables. No changes were made to the processor executables or PCONF files. This update includes:

• Update of all standard processor Task Tables to make the use of certain auxiliary data files mandatory in Offline production
• The fix of several ARs related to Task Tables from the previous IPF1 Vk2.0

Software version issued in the frame of the CryoSat mission to implement improvements to the FDM mode. Other operative modes (LRM, SAR and SARIn) have not been modified at this stage. This update includes:

• The fix of several ARs from the previous IPF2 Vj1.2 for FDM mode only

Software version issued following the first year of the CryoSat Operations Phase. This software is used to process all products marked by the new baseline B and includes the following:

• The fix of several ARs from the previous IPF2 Vi1.0
• Updated configuration settings in the PCONF, IPFDB and IPF Task Tables
• Updated configuration of the sea-ice discrimination algorithm
• Integration of Earth Explorer 3.7.4.1 CFI libraries

Software version issued for the transfer to operations. This includes the following:

• The fix of several ARs from Commissioning Phase (from Vh1.5)
• Integration of Explorer Geocorrection 4.2 CFI library
• Integration of Earth Explorer 3.7.3 CFI libraries
• Addition of sigma0 computation in SAR/SARIn/SID chains
• Modified setting of GDR filename start and stop validity times
• Handling of invalid coherence values in SARIn chain

NOP: 14/01/2025

IOP: 12/01/2025

GOP: 14/12/2024

COP_IPF1 v4.24

Minor update of the CryoSat Ocean Baseline-D processors to implement amendments to the processor Task Tables. No changes were made to the processors themselves.

NOP:
SIR1LNO/4.24 SIR1SNO/4.24 SIR1NNO/4.24

IOP:
SIR1LIO/4.24 SIR1SIO/4.24 SIR1NIO/4.24

GOP:
SIR1SGO/4.24 SIR1LGO/4.24 SIR1NGO/4.24

NOP: 30/09/2024

IOP: 28/09/2024

GOP: 30/08/2024

COP_IPF1 v4.23

Upgrade of the CryoSat Ocean Processors to Baseline-D. This is a major SW upgrade and introduces significant evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-C.

NOP:
SIR1LNO/4.23 SIR1SNO/4.23 SIR1NNO/4.23

IOP:
SIR1LIO/4.23 SIR1SIO/4.23 SIR1NIO/4.23

GOP:
SIR1SGO/4.23 SIR1LGO/4.23 SIR1NGO/4.23

NOP: 17/05/2022

IOP: 16/05/2022

GOP: 17/04/2022

NOP:
SIR1LNO/3.8
SIR1SNO/3.8
SIR1NNO/3.8

IOP:
SIR1LIO/3.8
SIR1SIO/3.8
SIR1NIO/3.8

GOP:
SIR1SGO/3.8
SIR1LGO/3.8
SIR1NGO/3.8

NOP: 20/09/2021

IOP: 18/09/2021

GOP: 22/08/2021

NOP:
SIR1LNO/3.7
SIR1SNO/3.7
SIR1NNO/3.7

IOP:
SIR1LIO/3.7
SIR1SIO/3.7
SIR1NIO/3.7

GOP:
SIR1LGO/3.7
SIR1SGO/3.7
SIR1NGO/3.7

NOP: 27/05/2019

IOP: 26/05/2019

GOP: 29/04/2019

Software version issued to fix a number of minor anomalies with respect to the previous version, which include:

• Incomplete product metadata; missing Data Set Descriptors (DSDs) in product HDR files and xrefs in product data files
• Inconsistencies in product metadata
• Inconsistencies in some product variable names and descriptions

NOP: 10/01/2018

IOP & GOP: 06/11/2017

Upgrade of the CryoSat Ocean Processors to Baseline-C. This is a major software upgrade and introduces significant evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-B. The update of IPF1 includes:

• New format specification based on NetCDF
• Native SAR/ SARIn data added to products over SAR/ SARIn regions
• Addition of new parameters
• New and updated geophysical corrections
• Introduction of new Near-Real Time Ocean Products (NOP)

Software update release containing:

• New Static Aux Data files integrated to align the range bias with the IPFDB used for Baseline-C Ice Processing
• Updated instrumental Look-Up Tables (LUT) determined by CLS in the frame of COP expertise activities

*L2 IOP from validity 25/03/2015 to 01/04/2015 and L2 GOP from validity 22/02/2015 to 01/04/2015 is a hybrid form using the old Baseline-B orbit model.

NOP:
14/01/2025

IOP:
12/01/2025

GOP:
14/12/2024

COP_IPF2 v4.26

Minor update of the CryoSat Ocean Baseline-D processors to implement amendments to the processor Task Tables. No changes were made to the processors themselves.

NOP:
IPF2_NOPM/4.26
IPF2_NOPN/4.26
IPF2_NOPR/4.26

IOP:
IPF2_IOPM/4.26
IPF2_IOPN/4.26
IPF2_IOPR/4.26

GOP:
IPF2_GOPM/4.26
IPF2_GOPN/4.26
IPF2_GOPR/4.26

P2P:
P2P_IOP/4.26
P2P_GOP/4.26

NOP:
30/09/2024

IOP:
28/09/2024

GOP:
30/08/2024

COP_IPF2 v4.25

Upgrade of the CryoSat Ocean Processors to Baseline-D. This is a major SW upgrade and introduces significant evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-C. The update of IPF2 includes:

• An update to the SAMOSA retracker version (2.3 to 2.5)
• Dedicated processing for Sea State Bias in SAR mode
• Revised mean sea surface (MSS) and Mean Dynamic Topography (MDT) solutions.

NOP:
IPF2_NOPM/4.25
IPF2_NOPN/4.25
IPF2_NOPR/4.25

IOP:
IPF2_IOPM/4.25
IPF2_IOPN/4.25
IPF2_IOPR/4.25

GOP:
IPF2_GOPM/4.25
IPF2_GOPN/4.25
IPF2_GOPR/4.25

P2P:
P2P_IOP/4.25
P2P_GOP/4.25

NOP: 17/05/2022

IOP: 16/05/2022

GOP: 17/04/2022

Minor SW upgrade to correctly handle a common processing failure affecting the ocean products.

The Pole-to-Pole (P2P) processors have not been modified in this release and the processor versions remain unchanged.

NOP:
IPF2_NOPM/3.9
IPF2_NOPN/3.9
IPF2_NOPR/3.9

IOP:
IPF2_IOPM/3.9
IPF2_IOPN/3.9
IPF2_IOPR/3.9

GOP:
IPF2_GOPM/3.9
IPF2_GOPN/3.9
IPF2_GOPR/3.9

P2P:
P2P_IOP/1.7
P2P_GOP/1.7

NOP: 20/09/2021

IOP: 18/09/2021

GOP: 22/08/2021

NOP:
IPF2_NOPM/3.8
IPF2_NOPN/3.8
IPF2_NOPR/3.8

IOP:
IPF2_IOPM/3.8
IPF2_IOPN/3.8
IPF2_IOPR/3.8

GOP:
IPF2_GOPM/3.8
IPF2_GOPN/3.8
IPF2_GOPR/3.8

P2P:
P2P_IOP/1.7
P2P_GOP/1.7

NOP: 27/05/2019

IOP: 26/05/2019

GOP: 29/04/2019

Software version issued to fix a number of minor anomalies with respect to the previous version, which include:

• Incomplete product metadata; missing Data Set Descriptors (DSDs) in product HDR files and xrefs in product data files
• Inconsistencies in product metadata
• Inconsistencies in some product variable names and descriptions

NOP: 11/01/2018

IOP: 10/01/2018

GOP: 15/12/2017

Software version issued to fix a number of minor anomalies with respect to the previous version, which include:

• Incorrect storage of data in some L2 fields, which was causing failures in the subsequent P2P processing
• Processing failures related to a timing issue
• Incorrect orbit file retrieval policy

NOP:
IPF2_NOPM/3.3
IPF2_NOPN/3.3
IPF2_NOPR/3.3

IOP:
IPF2_IOPM/3.3
IPF2_IOPN/3.3
IPF2_IOPR/3.3

GOP:
IPF2_GOPM/3.3
IPF2_GOPN/3.3
IPF2_GOPR/3.3

P2P:
P2P_IOP/1.2
P2P_GOP/1.2

IOP & GOP: 06/11/2017

NOP: 10/01/2018

Upgrade of the CryoSat Ocean Processors to Baseline-C. This is a major software upgrade and introduces significant evolutions to the processors with respect to Baseline-B. The update of IPF2 includes:

• New format specification based on NetCDF
• Native SAR/ SARIn data added to products over SAR/ SARIn regions
• Addition of new parameters
• New and updated geophysical corrections
• Introduction of new Near-Real Time Ocean Products (NOP)
• New L2 processor implemented at Baseline-C to generate pole-to-pole (P2P) IOP and GOP. These are concatenated multi-mode L2 products with half-orbit coverage.

Software update release containing:

• New Static Aux Data files integrated to align the range bias with the IPFDB used for Baseline-C Ice Processing
• Updated instrumental Look-Up Tables (LUT) determined by CLS in the frame of COP expertise activities

* L1 IOP from validity 25/03/2015 to 01/04/2015L1 and L1 GOP from validity 22/02/2015 to 01/04/2015 is a hybrid form using the old Baseline-B orbit model.