Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Global stacked sea surface height profiles from Sentinel-3A Psuedo-Low Rate Mode (PLRM) satellite altimeter data from 2016-04-08 to 2020-04-05 (NCEI Accession 0219901)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 02:38 AM | Dataset Last Updated: October 15, 2020 at 12:00 AM
NetCDF file result_s3a_plrm_stack.nc contains longitude, latitude, number of cycles, sigma, and stacked sea surface height records for 770 Sentinel-3A Pseudo-Low Rate Mode (PLRM) satellite altimeter passes. Repeat cycles were aligned to a common position along a synthetic track having 20239 records between +/-81.419 latitude. Stacking is the median sea surface height profile from multiple repeat cycles. Sigma is the expected one sigma error in a single measurement. The number of cycles is the quantity that passed selection criteria and were included in a stack. Repeat cycles 1 to 56 were used.

Resources

10 resources available

Find Related Datasets

Search by Tags

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.info@noaa.gov"
}
describedByType application/octet-steam
description NetCDF file result_s3a_plrm_stack.nc contains longitude, latitude, number of cycles, sigma, and stacked sea surface height records for 770 Sentinel-3A Pseudo-Low Rate Mode (PLRM) satellite altimeter passes. Repeat cycles were aligned to a common position along a synthetic track having 20239 records between +/-81.419 latitude. Stacking is the median sea surface height profile from multiple repeat cycles. Sigma is the expected one sigma error in a single measurement. The number of cycles is the quantity that passed selection criteria and were included in a stack. Repeat cycles 1 to 56 were used.
distribution 
                                            [
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Dataset Landing Page",
    "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.25921/m0hw-a781",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Descriptive Information",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/219901",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "HTTPS",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/219901",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FTP",
    "accessURL": "ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0161/0219901/",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2018ea000440",
    "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2018ea000440",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Journal article",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-016-9293-0",
    "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-016-9293-0",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Journal article",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2015.1014950",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2015.1014950",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Homepage of NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Altimetric Bathymetry",
    "accessURL": "https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/AltBathy/LSA_AltBathy_stacking.php",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The algorithm for calculating sea surface height applied on SRAL radar altimeter.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
    "accessURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Contact Information",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Information for contacts at NCEI.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  }
]
identifier https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions/iso/xml/0219901.xml
issued 2020-08-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "0219901",
  "LATITUDE",
  "LONGITUDE",
  "SEA HEIGHT",
  "satellite sensor - altimeter",
  "SRAL",
  "satellite data",
  "Sentinel-3A",
  "NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service",
  "NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research",
  "World-Wide Distribution",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT",
  "number_of_cycles",
  "sigma",
  "stacked sea surface height",
  "ALTIMETERS > ALTIMETERS",
  "Sentinel-3 SRAL > Sentinel-3 SAR Radar Altimeter",
  "Sentinel-3A > Sentinel-3A",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN",
  "KLE6WA"
]
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2020-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://doi.org/10.1029/2018ea000440",
  "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-016-9293-0",
  "https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2015.1014950",
  "https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/AltBathy/LSA_AltBathy_stacking.php"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial 180.0,-81.419,-180.0,81.419
temporal 2016-04-08T00:00:00+00:00/2020-04-05T00:00:00+00:00
title Global stacked sea surface height profiles from Sentinel-3A Psuedo-Low Rate Mode (PLRM) satellite altimeter data from 2016-04-08 to 2020-04-05 (NCEI Accession 0219901)

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov