Geophysical data: GDR, OSDR and RA2 WWV
Contents: along-track altimetric measurements averaged over 1 seconde, including significant wave height and wind speed modulus in delayed time or real time (OSDR)
Use: marine meteorology, ocean-atmosphere gas tranfer studies
Description : Monomission product
Geographic coverage Global
Wind / Wave (delayed time)
- 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)
Copyright : 2002-2008 Cnes and Nasa for Jason-1 and T/P data
| Satellite | Distribution media | Frequency | Delivery delay | Data period | Data used | File weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
OSDR (real time) or near-real time
Copyright : 2002-2008 Cnes and Nasa for OSDR data, 2002-2008 Esa for Envisat data
| Satellite | Distribution media | Frequency | Delivery delay | Data period | Data used | File weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |


