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WVFDR POSEIDON : Waveforms (extracted from SGDR)

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Product description

PRODUCT TYPE

data

 INPUT DATA

OUTPUT TYPE

along-track
SATELLITE

Topex/Poseidon

 AGENCIES

CNES
NASA

 GRID TYPE
CONTENTS

WVFDR are POSEIDON Altimeter waveforms. They are 20 per second data with all samples. Quality flag are also given with the data.
APPLICATIONS
  • retracking
  • hydrology
  • land
    		•  USER

    expert
    GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

    global

    		GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
    66.0°
    -180.0° 180°
    -66.0°
    SPATIAL RESOLUTION

    20 Hz

    		 REFERENCE SURFACE
  • reference ellipsoid
    		•
    TEMPORAL COVERAGE 1995-08-10 - 2002-02-07 QUALITY CONTROL
    PARAMETERS
    • altimeter_waveform
    UPDATED unknown
    		 BY name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com
    MENTION

    COPYRIGHT Copyright CNES-CLS 1992-2006 for POSEIDON data

    Delivery

    Resource Volume Format Distributed by Licence/conditions
    CD-ROM(EDDIE)
    		1800000 KB binary
    80
    		 name : AVISO
    email adress : aviso@cls.fr
    web site : http://www-aviso.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/general/produits_uk.html
    		 on request via catalogue

    Related products and links

  • user handbook for POSEIDON Waveforms product
  • convert programs for waveforms POSEIDON products
    • Last update: 2006-08-31

     

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