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OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-3 Documentation and Data Documentation Records, 2008 to present

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This collection contains documentation, including data documentation (metadata), for Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 and Jason-3 geophysical data records (GDR) and associated ancillary and auxiliary data for the missions. Documentation includes user guides and handbooks for the mission data files. The metadata were most recently produced following the International Standards Organization 19115-2 (ISO 19115-2, v. 05/2014) standard and are in XML format. Older versions of metadata are in Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM), Vers. 2 (FGDC-STD-001-1998), format.

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-Ancillary

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-Auxiliary

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-NRTAVS

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-OrbitInfo

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-Telemetry

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-xGDR

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/Jason3-Ancillary

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  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/Jason3-xGDR

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  • GCMD Keyword Forum Page

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issued 2014-05-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "0118277",
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  "ALTIMETRY - CROSSOVER DIFFERENCES",
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  "SEA HEIGHT",
  "SEA LEVEL",
  "SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY",
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  "WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT",
  "WIND SPEED",
  "DORIS",
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  "US National Aeronautic and Space Administration",
  "NOAA Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution",
  "World-Wide Distribution",
  "oceanography",
  "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 > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY (SSHA)",
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  "DORIS > Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite",
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modified 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-NRTAVS",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-OrbitInfo",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OSTM-Jason2-Telemetry",
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temporal 2008-06-20T00:00:00+00:00/2008-06-20T00:00:00+00:00
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title OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-3 Documentation and Data Documentation Records, 2008 to present

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