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Sentinel-6A EUMETSAT GNSS-RO Non-Time-Critical Level 1B V1 (S6A_RO_1B_BND_____) at GES DISC

Metadata Updated: September 18, 2025

This dataset provides the L1B Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio-Occultation (RO) Non-Time-Critical (NTC) retrieval generated by European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) from Sentinel-6A Michael Freilich. The main retrieval variable in this dataset is bending angle. Each granule is for one RO and represented by the nominal geodetic reference location for the occultation, where the latitude and longitude are associated with the moment when the line-of-sight connecting the receiver and transmitter satellites just touches the reference ellipsoid. Sentinel 6 is a collaborative mission between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and EUMETSAT, with participation from European Space Agency (ESA), the USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) of France. These organizations will deliver an operational mission as part of a two-satellite European Copernicus/Sentinel program. The Sentinel-6A Michael Freilich Jason-CS (Sentinel-6A) was launched in November 21, 2020. One objective of Sentinel 6 is to collect high-resolution vertical profiles of temperature and humidity, using GNSS RO sounding technique, to assess temperature and humidity changes in the troposphere and stratosphere and to support numerical weather prediction.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025
Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/4GIJ09OJ0L6R
Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/sentinel6_circle_gray_Mission_Logo.png
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Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2020-11-28/2020-11-28

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