System version changes

DUACS NRT system impacting version changes

Date DUACS version Description of the change
Apr-2017 17.0 Sentinel-3A introduced in DUACS processing
Oct-2017 17.1 OSTM/Jason-2 Long Repeat Orbit introduced in DUACS processing
Mar-2018 18.0 New Mean Profile for Jason-3 and updated mapping parameters
Sep-2018 18.1 New Orbit Standards for Jason-3
Sep-2018 18.2 New upstream products for Cryosat-2
Apr-2019 18.4 Sentinel-3B introduced in DUACS processing

Use of new Sentinel-3A Hybrid Mean Profile

New Europe L4 product

Dec-2019 18.4.2 New MDT used for Global and regional Processing
Jan-2020 SARAL/AltiKa new GDR-F standard
Jul-2020 18.4.5 HY-2B introduced in DUACS processing

Use up-to-date standards for Ocean and Pole tide correction

Oct-2020 18.7.0 Jason-3 GDR-F standards changes

Use a new MDT for regional Europe production

May-2021 18.7.1 Use a new MDT for regional Europe production
Dec-2021 19.0.0 DT-2021 standards uniformization:

–        Use new Internal-tide correction

–         New MSS and Mean profiles

–         New MDT

–        Use improved mapping parameters

–         Improved LWE correction

–         Netcdf format change

Apr 2022 19.1.0 Sentinel-6A introduced & Jason-3 deactivated in DUACS processing

DUACS MY system impacting version changes

Date of change System version Product version Description of the change
April 2018 6.0 DT-2018 Full Reprocessing for REP products (1993-2017) for CMEMS v4.0:

DUACS DT-2018 version

June 2018 6.1 DT-2018 Production of the [mid-May 2017, January 2018] period.

Introduction of Jason-2 Long Repeat Orbit Phase.

Six satellites are used during this update in the DT processing chain (ALG, C2, H2G, J2G, J3, S3A).

October 2018 6.1 DT-2018 Production of the [January 18,2018 – June 10, 2018] period.

Five satellites are used during this update in the DT processing chain (ALG, C2, H2G, J3, S3A).

April 2019 6.2 DT-2018 Production of the [June 11,2018 – September 23, 2018] period.

–         Introduction of the Europe L3 products – Remove Med. and Black Sea L3 products.

–         L3 products vfex and vxxc are included in new phy_l3 product.

–         E1G is introduced as a new dataset. Before it was integrated in the E1 mission.

–         AL and ALG begin and end dates of the temporal period processed by REP/DT systemhas been modified.

–         Use of new Sentinel-3A Hybrid Mean Profile for global and regional product. Global data have been reprocessed.

–         All NetCDF produced are in NetCDF-4 format.

July 2019 6.3 DT-2018 Production of the [September 24, 2018 – December, 2018] period.

Introduction of Sentinel-3B

December 2019 6.3 DT-2018 Redelivery of the  [September 24, 2018 – January 12, 2019] production for correction of an anomaly of data availability near the coast.

Production of the [January 12, 2019 – May 13, 2019] period.

July 2020 6.3 DT-2018 Production of the [May 14, 2019 – October 15, 2019] period

Add monthly mean dataset

Decembre 2020 6.3 DT-2018 Production of the [October 16, 2019 – March 07, 2020] period

Extension of the monthly mean dataset [October 2019 to February 2020]

May 2021 6.4 DT-2018 H2AG mission is deactivated from DUACS.

Production of the [March 08, 2020 – June 03, 2020] period

Extension of the monthly mean dataset [March 2020 to May 2020]

Dec 2021 7.0 DT-2021 Full reprocessing taking into account

–         New altimeter standards and geophysical corrections

–         New MSS and MP

–         New mapping parameters

–         Improved LWE correction

–         NetCDF format change / product/dataset nomenclature change

–         DT-2018 version is no longer available