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OSTM/Jason-2 Orbital Information, 2008 to 2019

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 08, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This collection contains Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 orbital data. These files are 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. 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. All Orbital Information data were made unrestricted on 15 December, 2008. Other data/products associated with OSTM/Jason-2 are also available, including Level-2 Geophysical Data Records (GDRs), ancillary and auxiliary data files used to generate Level-2 products, quality reports from the near real-time altimetry validation system (NRTAVS) and telemetry data.

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0044985 ALTIMETRY - SEA SURFACE HEIGHT SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY DORIS GPSP Poseidon-3 altimeter satellite sensor - altimeter navigational

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  "World-Wide Distribution",
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  "satelliteObservation",
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  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation",
  "JASON-2",
  "OSTM > Ocean Surface Topography Mission",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Surface Height",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Significant Wave Height",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Surface Winds",
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  "orbit",
  "satellite altimetry",
  "two line elements",
  "ALTIMETERS > ALTIMETERS",
  "AMR > Advanced Microwave Radiometer",
  "DORIS > Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite",
  "GPSP > Global Positioning System Payload",
  "POSEIDON-3 > JASON-2 RADAR ALTIMETER",
  "OSTM/JASON-2 > Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 2",
  "JASON-2 (ICES code: 33UF, 2008-2016)",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN",
  "Vertical Location > Sea Surface",
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modified 2022-01-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial 180.0,-66.0,-180.0,66.0
temporal 2008-06-20T00:00:00+00:00/2019-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
title OSTM/Jason-2 Orbital Information, 2008 to 2019

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