SWOT Level-2 HR Pixel Cloud Vector

The SWOT Level-2 HR Pixel Cloud Vector dataset provides points cloud of water mask pixels (“pixel cloud”) from the High Rate data stream of the SWOT KaRIn instrument with geolocated heights, classification mask, geophysical fields, and flags at 20m resolution on average.

The SWOT Level-2 HR Pixel Cloud Vector dataset provides auxiliary information for SWOT Level-2 HR Pixel Cloud dataset indicating to which water bodies the pixels are assigned as identified in the SWOT Prior River Database or in the SWOT Prior Lake Database datasets. It also includes height-constrained pixel geolocation after reach- or lake-scale averaging (please see the corresponding Technical Note).

The dataset was generated by the SWOT Mission Center but may be simulated using the SWOT Hydrology Toolbox Open Source tools.

The SWOT Level-2 HR Pixel Cloud Vector dataset is organized into swath-aligned tiles. Each of these tiles nominally contains data over 64 km x 64 km.

Please see the SWOT User Handbook, the Product Description Document and the Release Note for KaRIn science data products for additional information.

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