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Jason-3: Orbital Information, 2015-present

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This collection contains Jason-3 orbital information files, produced by CNES for offline (IGDR, GDR) data production. For GPSP1, intermediate level-1 data files are in "RINEX" format and from the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and are used to compute precise GPS orbits for the spacecraft. For TLE: Two Line Element files are used to determine the position and velocity of the satellite. Within CLASS, they will be used directly to determine each orbit's equator crossing longitude and time which subsequently are used to support spatial search. For MOE and POE, medium-precision and precision orbital ephemeris files are from the DORIS system. These data may be may be subject to access restrictions.

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0122598 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
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  "European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites",
  "National Centre for Space Studies",
  "NOAA Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution",
  "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",
  "EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT",
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  "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",
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  "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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modified 2020-04-27T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial 180.0,-66.0,-180.0,66.0
temporal 2015-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
title Jason-3: Orbital Information, 2015-present

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