NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-podaac-topex_ssha_v2

TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimeter Sea Surface Height Anomaly

This dataset contains Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) calculated from the TOPEX/Poseidon Merged Geophysical Data Record version b (MGDR-b). The files contain Significant Wave Height (SWH), Total Electron Count (TEC) and SSHA. The data have been edited so land and bad/flagged values are removed, therefore this dataset is intended only for open ocean. If you need values closer to land you will need to calculate SSHA yourself from the MGDR-b. The calculation and editing can be found at ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/topex/L2/tp_ssha/docs/tpssha_manual_v2.html. The data are in binary format and available from January 1993 to October 2005.

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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TOPEX_SSHA_V2

Identified by : TOPEX_SSHA_V2

This dataset was released on January 21, 2011.

This dataset was accessed on February 05, 2015.

The time range for this dataset is December 31, 1992 (07:23 AM) to October 08, 2005 (23:49 PM).

The spatial range for this dataset is -66° to 66° latitude, and 0° to 360° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the topex-nasa-radar-altimeter instrument on the topex-poseidon platform.
This dataset uses data from an instance of the poseidon-1 instrument on the topex-poseidon platform.

Also known as :

• datasetId PODAAC-TPSHA-BIN02 (podaac lexicon)
• dataset TOPEX_SSHA_V2 (podaac lexicon)