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Near Real Time Maps of Sea Level Anomalies and geostrophic velocity anomalies

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Product description

PRODUCT TYPE

data

INPUT DATA

GDR, OPR

OUTPUT TYPE

gridded

SATELLITE

Jason-1
Envisat
ERS 1/2
GFO
Topex/Poseidon
merged (all)

AGENCIES

CNES
ESA
NASA
NOAA
US NAVY

GRID TYPE cartesian
mercator
CONTENTS

Multimission gridded sea surface heights computed with respect to a seven-year mean. This product is provided with corresponding geostrophic currents and formal mapping error files.

APPLICATIONS
  • operational oceanography
  • mesoscale oceanography
  • ocean circulation
  • ocean variability
  • climate
  • USER

    beginner

    GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

    global

    GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
    82.0°
    -180.0° 180.0°
    -82.0°
    SPATIAL RESOLUTION

    1/4 degree
    1/3 degree
    1 degree

    REFERENCE SURFACE
  • mean profile
  • TEMPORAL COVERAGE 2001-08-01 - onGoing QUALITY CONTROL ftp://ftp.cls.fr/pub/oceano/DUACS/QualityReports/latest/
    PARAMETERS
    • sea_surface_height_above_sea_level, m, CF
    • surface_eastward_geostrophic_sea_water_velocity, m s-1,CF
    • surface_northward_geostrophic_sea_water_velocity, m s-1,CF
    UPDATED daily
    BY name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www.jason.oceanobs.com
    MENTION

    "The altimeter products were produced by Ssalto/Duacs and distributed by Aviso with support from Cnes".

    COPYRIGHT 2005-2006 CLS

    Delivery

    Resource Volume Format Distributed by Licence/conditions
    FTP
    1.6 Mb (gzip) NetCDF
    3.5
    name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/
    Ssalto/Duacs NRT data are available via FTP. User identification and password are required for data lower than 1 month. These data are distributed only for scientific applications (GodaeGlobal Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment, seasonal/climate prediction centers) provided that a data use agreement is signed with Cnes. Data older than one month are freely available. CLS remains in charge of the commercial applications of these near-real time products.
    HTTP
    Live Access Server
    6.3
    name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/
    free
    HTTP
    Opendap

    name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/
    free

    Related products and links

  • User's manual
  • PublicReadDelivery
  • Ssalto/Duacs products web portal
  • Last update: 2006-09-29

     

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