CYGNSS Level 1 Calibrated Raw IF Version 1.0

The CYGNSS Level 1 Calibrated Raw IF Version 1.0 dataset is produced by the CYGNSS Science Team of the University of Michigan, and it contains the first release, Version 1.0, of the CYGNSS Calibrated Raw Intermediate Frequency (IF) based L1 Product. CYGNSS was launched on 15 December 2016, it is a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission that was launched with the purpose of collecting the first frequent space‐based measurements of surface wind speeds in the inner core of tropical cyclones. Originally made up of a constellation of eight micro-satellites, the observatories provide nearly gap-free Earth coverage using an orbital inclination of approximately 35° from the equator, with a mean (i.e., average) revisit time of seven hours and a median revisit time of three hours.

This product includes several established signal coherence detectors, including the power-ratio Pratio, complex zero-Doppler delay waveform and full entropy Efull, and a novel fast entropy detector Efast. Both entropy detectors are provided with two temporal resolutions: 2 ms and 50 ms. Several scattered signal strength products are included: Signal-to-Noise Ratio SNR, reflected power Pg, reflectivity Γ, and Normalized Bistatic Radar Cross-Section NBRCS. Each of these products is derived using a coherent integration time of Tc = 1 ms and incoherent integration times of Ninc = 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, and 2 ms. Signal strength time series at the shorter (2 and 50 ms) times provides excellent detection of land-water transitions in heterogeneous scenes. Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs) are also generated with high delay (∆τ = 1/16 chip) and Doppler (∆f= 50 Hz) resolution. This suite of coherence detection methods can be used to detect the presence of small inland water bodies.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated April 6, 2026, 19:29 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 15:17 (UTC)
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