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Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox Product description | Delivery services | Related products Product description PRODUCT TYPE software DATA HANDLED Radar altimetry data SATELLITE Jason-1 Envisat ERS 1/2 GFO Topex/Poseidon merged (all) AGENCIES CNES ESA CONTENTS A collection of read programs, processing and visualization tools for radar altimetry products. The Toolbox is designed with a graphical user interface that enables the operator to easily specify the processing parameters required by each tool. APPLICATIONS mesoscale oceanography ocean circulation ocean variability climate meteorology ocean-atmosphere gas transfers USER beginner GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE global GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE 82.0° -180.0° 180.0° -82.0° TEMPORAL COVERAGE - onGoing REFERENCE SURFACE mean profile geoid reference ellipsoid 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 sea_surface_height_above_geoid, m, CF surface_eastward_geostrophic_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid, m s-1, CF surface_northward_geostrophic_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid , m s-1, CF sea_surface_wave_significant_height, m, CF altimeter_waveform wind_speed, ms-1, CF UPDATED asNeeded BY name : CNES/ESA email adress : webmaster@altimetry.info web site : http://www.altimetry.info/ MENTION COPYRIGHT Delivery Resource Volume OS/Language Distributed by Licence/conditions HTTP 183 MB MS Windows name : CNES/ESA email adress : webmaster@altimetry.info web site : http://www.altimetry.info/ free HTTP 196 MB Linux name : CNES/ESA email adress : webmaster@altimetry.info web site : http://www.altimetry.info/ free DVD-ROM name : CNES/ESA email adress : webmaster@altimetry.info web site : http://www.altimetry.info/ free Related products and links User's manual Practical: "Gulf Stream: Sea Surface Height and Variability"
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