NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-podaac-jason-1_l2_ost_ssha_ver-c

Jason-1 Level 2 PO.DAAC generated Sea Surface Height from Jason-1 GDR-C

This dataset contains the PO.DAAC produced Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) calculated from Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record version C (GDR-C, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_L2_OST_GDR_Ver-C_Binary). SSHA is calculated according to the Jason-1 User's Handbook (ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/jason1/L2/gdr_c/docs/Handbook_Jason_v4-1.pdf ). Data are edited to remove land and erroneous values, making it appropriate for open oceans. Significant wave height and total electron count are included as well. The data are arranged into 10 day cycles that consist of 254 pass files, ~56 minutes long, in big-endian binary format.

podaac.jpl.nasa.gov

http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_L2_OST_SSHA_Ver-C

Identified by : JASON-1_L2_OST_SSHA_Ver-C

This dataset was released on January 21, 2011.

The time range for this dataset is January 15, 2002 (06:07 AM) to March 03, 2012 (12:59 PM).

The spatial range for this dataset is -66.15° to 66.15° latitude, and 0° to 360° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the poseidon-2 instrument on the jason-1 platform.
This dataset uses data from an instance of the jason-microwave-radiometer instrument on the jason-1 platform.

Also known as :

• dataset JASON-1_L2_OST_SSHA_Ver-C (podaac lexicon)
• datasetId PODAAC-J1SHA-BIN0C (podaac lexicon)