Abstract:
ABSTRACT: OSTM/JASON-2 is a follow-on mission continuing the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1, and is designed to ensure continuity of high quality measurements for ocean science and to provide operational products for assimilation and forecasting applications. The Jason-2 satellite was launched on 20 June 2008 and reached its nominal repetitive orbit on 4 July 2008. This collection of data contains ... OSTM/Jason-2 Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System Quality Reports (NRTAVS). These data are archived at the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) as accession 0044984 (http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/search/prod/accessionsView.pl/deta...). The data are distributed through the NOAA/NESDIS Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS, http://www.class.noaa.gov). Reports are daily and cover the previous 10-day period.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Satellite altimetry data applications include validation and assimilation into global wave models, high seas hazards monitoring, sea surface height and ocean currents (hurricane intensity forecasts and assimilation into operational ocean models, multi-mission altimetry, fisheries, and marine transport. More information: Near Real Time Altimeter Validation System User Handbook, JPL D-35859.
CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: ground condition
SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Indirect Spatial Reference: Jason-2 was placed into the same N-S orbit around the Earth as Jason-1, at an altitude of 1,336 kilometers, inclined 66 degrees, to provide virtually complete coverage of ice-free oceans. Direct Spatial Reference: Point SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Point
NATIVE: Acrobat Portable Document Format (Adobe Systems Incorporated)
Electronic download (FTP) of the data is free. There is a fee for copies of data on physical media. Optical disks are $25.00 per unit and magnetic tape is $100 per unit. Price does not include additional service and handling costs.
Purpose:
PURPOSE: To monitor high-level science quality of Jason-2 OSTM (Ocean Surface Topography Mission) Operational Geophysical Data Records (OGDR) products. High-precision ocean altimetry measures the distance between a satellite and the ocean surface to within a few centimeters. Accurate observations of variations in sea surface height (ocean topography) provide scientists with information about the speed and direction of ocean currents and heat stored in the ocean. This information, in turn, reveals global climate variations.
Description:
The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) is an electronic library of NOAA environmental data. The web site provides capabilities for finding and obtaining those data.
Description:
NOAA OSDPD site providing information and access to operational remote sensing ocean products including coral bleaching, chlorophyll, ocean color, sea ice, winds, and SST.
Description:
Earthnet Online is the entry point for scientific-technical information on Earth Observation activities by the European Space Agency (ESA). The web portal provides a vast amount of content, grown and collected over more than a decade: Detailed technical information on Earth Observation (EO) missions, satellites and sensors, EO data products & services, online resources such as catalogues and library, a section dedicated to applications of satellite data, and access to promotional satellite imagery. Aimed at Earth Observation Data Users, but addressing organisations and individuals with a specific interest in EO as well, Earthnet Online also provides latest technical news on ESA and Third Party EO satellite missions, workshops and integrates micro sites dedicated to Envisat and ERS satellites.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
N: 66.0
S: -66.0
E: 180.0
W: -180.0
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/ESPC > Environmental Satellite Processing Center, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of CommerceDOC/NOAA/NESDIS/SOCD/LSA > Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of CommerceNASA/JPL > Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dataset Title:
OSTM/Jason-2: QA Reports
Dataset Release Date:
2008-12-15
Dataset Release Place:
Silver Spring, MD
Dataset Publisher:
NOAA/NESDIS Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80309-0449
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Refer to the USDA SMEX04 Web site (http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/smex04/) for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the SMEX project.
Yilmaz, M. Tugrul, E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., Lyssa D. Goins, Susan L. Ustin, Vern C. Vanderbilt, and Thomas J. Jackson. 2007. Vegetation Water Content During SMEX04 from Ground Data and Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 350Â362, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.029.
