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Jason-3 Ancillary Files, 2015-present

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM | Dataset Last Updated: April 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM
This collection contains Jason-3 Ancillary data files, mission specific files used in the production of Level-2 products. They include both static tabular data files and dynamic files which change/grow over time. Ancillary data may be subject to access restrictions.

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0122596 ALTIMETRY - SEA SURFACE HEIGHT SEA HEIGHT SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY WAVE DATA WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT

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issued 2014-10-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
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  "ALTIMETRY - SEA SURFACE HEIGHT",
  "SEA HEIGHT",
  "SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY",
  "WAVE DATA",
  "WAVE DIRECTION",
  "WAVE HEIGHT",
  "WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT",
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  "DORIS",
  "LRA",
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  "European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites",
  "National Centre for Space Studies",
  "NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research",
  "US National Aeronautic and Space Administration",
  "NOAA Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution",
  "World-Wide Distribution",
  "oceanography",
  "satelliteObservation",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY (SSHA)",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Surface Height",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds",
  "altimetry",
  "climate change",
  "sea level",
  "AMR > Advanced Microwave Radiometer",
  "AMR-2 > Advanced Microwave Radiometer-2",
  "DORIS > Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite",
  "GPSP > Global Positioning System Payload",
  "LRA > Laser Retroreflector Array",
  "POSEIDON-3B > Poseidon-3B Altimeter",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN",
  "Vertical Location > Sea Surface"
]
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2020-04-27T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
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temporal 2015-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
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title Jason-3 Ancillary Files, 2015-present

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