NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-podaac-tellus_oceaneof_gif_jpl_rl05

GRACE MONTHLY OCEAN MASS EOF GRIDS GIF JPL RELEASE 5.0

The images were generated from the monthly ocean mass grids, which contain ocean water mass given as equivalent water thickness derived from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) GRACE ocean bottom pressure with an Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) applied. Equivalent water thickness is used to represent the water mass so it can be comparable to sea level anomalies due to water mass changes. There are several different types of Gaussian smoothing (300-750 km radius) and image resolutions. The time coverage for the monthly grids are determined by GRACE months. For the list of GRACE month dates visit http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/GraceMonths/. For information please visit http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/GRACEMONTHLYMASSGRIDSOCEAN/

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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_OCEANEOF_GIF_JPL_RL05

Identified by : TELLUS_OCEANEOF_GIF_JPL_RL05

This dataset was released on March 17, 2012.

The time range for this dataset starts at August 01, 2002.

The spatial range for this dataset is -89.5° to 89.5° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the grace-instrument instrument on the gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment platform.

Also known as :

• datasetId PODAAC-TEOCN-EGJ05 (podaac lexicon)
• dataset TELLUS_OCEANEOF_GIF_JPL_RL05 (podaac lexicon)