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Geophysical data: GDR, OGDR, OSDR and RA2 WWV
Contents: along-track altimetric measurements over 1 seconde (+ 20 Hz sampling data only for the OSTM / Jason-2 misison), including significant wave height and wind speed modulus in delayed time or real time (OGDR, OSDR)
Use: marine meteorology, ocean-atmosphere gas tranfer studies
Description : Monomission product
Geographic coverage Global
Tools:
- OSTM / Jason-2 Products Handbook
- Aviso User Handbook: Merged Topex/Poseidon Products, AVI-NT-02-101-CN, Edition 3.0, July 1996 (pdf, 900 KB)
- Aviso and PoDaac User Handbook - IGDR and GDR Jason-1 Products, SMM-MU-M5-OP-13184-CN, Edition 2.0, Avril 2003 (pdf 3,53 MB)
Wind / Wave (delayed time)
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Copyright : 2002-current year Cnes and Nasa for Jason-1&2 , 1992-2005 Cnes and Nasa for T/P data
Satellite | Distribution media | Frequency | Delivery delay | Data period | Data used | File weight |
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Jason-2 | IGDR by ftp | every day | 2 to 3 days | last month online | One pass per file | 2,5 MB per pass file |
Jason-2 | GDR by DVD | every 10 days | ~60 days | upcoming | One pass per file | |
Jason-1 | GDR DVD Rom | every 2 months | 40 days | Jan. 2002 - ongoing | One pass per file | 1,3 MB per pass file |
every 10 days | ||||||
T/P | CD Rom | every month | 40 days | Oct. 1992 - Dec. 2003 | One pass per file | 0,7 MB per pass file |
DVD Rom GDR | every 2 months | Dec. 2003 - Oct. 2005 | ||||
every 10 days | Jan. 2004 - Oct. 2005 |
See also Wind / Wave products available on the Catalogue
OGDR, OSDR (real time) or near-real time
Copyright : 2008-current year Noaa and Eumetsat for OGDR and OGDR-BUFR, 2002-current year Cnes and Nasa for OSDR data, 2002-current year Esa for Envisat data.
In addition to the native NetCdf format and only for the OSTM / Jason-2 mission, a 1Hz BUFR-formatted dataset is also generated. A BUFR reading software library can be obtained from: http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/software/bufr.html.
Satellite | Distribution media | Frequency | Delivery delay | Data period | Data used | File weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason-2 | 3-5 hours | 2 hours | Dec 2008 - ongoing | 1 MB per file | ||
Jason-1 | 2 hours | 3 hours | Jan 2002 - ongoing | 2 hours per file | 0.5 MB per file (zipped) | |
Envisat (WWV) | ftp, please contact EOHelp (ESA) | daily | 3 to 5 days | One pass per file | 1 MB per pass file |