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Record Search Query: [Source_Name: Short_Name='TOPEX/POSEIDON']
NOAA TOPEX/Poseidon Sea Surface Height Anomaly from JCOMM Products Bulletin at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library
Entry ID: LDEO_IGOSS_NOAA_TOPEX

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Summary
Abstract: Data set consists of a time series of sea height derived from
altimeter measured on the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.

Data from the Joint World Meteorological
Organization/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical
Commision for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Products
Bulletin Data Products. The organization was formally known as the
Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) Data Products
Bulletin.

For further data products see:
http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/

http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/.data_products.html

and
http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/climate/monitoring/ipb/
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Description: NOAA Topex/Poseidon Sea Level Data since 1992.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 60.0   S: -60.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Cheney, B.
Dataset Title: Topex/Poseidon Altimeter Gridded Sea Level Anomalies and Deviations
Dataset Series Name: JCOMM Products Bulletin
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Online Resource: http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/.TOPEX/.NOAA/.ssha/
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
LDEO_IGOSS_MONITORING
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1992-10-01
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Vertical Resolution: 1 sec
Temporal Resolution: monthly
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
TOPEX/POSEIDON > Ocean Topography Experiment Ancillary Description
Instrument
ALT (TOPEX) > TOPEX Radar Altimeter Ancillary Description
ALTIMETERS Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
NOAA
Data Center
Climate Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BENNO BLUMENTHAL
Phone: (845) 680-4450
Fax: (845) 680-4864
Email: benno at iri.ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Data Library Manager
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964-8000
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: web
Distribution Format: ascii
Fees: none
Personnel
ROBERT E. CHENEY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301-713-2859 x 118
Fax: 301-713-3136
Email: robert.cheney at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NESDIS HQTR
E/RA31, SSMC3, Room 3620
1315 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20910-3282
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-09-29

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