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Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox |
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| PRODUCT TYPE |
software |
DATA HANDLED |
Radar altimetry data |
| SATELLITE |
Jason-1 Envisat ERS 1/2 GFO Topex/Poseidon merged (all)
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AGENCIES |
CNES ESA
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| 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
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USER |
beginner |
| GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE |
global
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GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE |
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82.0° |
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| -180.0° |
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180.0° |
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-82.0° |
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| TEMPORAL COVERAGE |
- onGoing |
REFERENCE SURFACE |
mean profile
geoid
reference ellipsoid
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| 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
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| UPDATED |
asNeeded
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name : CNES/ESA email adress : webmaster@altimetry.info web site : http://www.altimetry.info/
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| COPYRIGHT |
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User's manual
Practical: "Gulf Stream: Sea Surface Height and Variability"
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| Last update: 2006-12-20 |
All rights reserved, copyright © 2006-2009
Tutorial produced by CLS under contract to ESA and CNES
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