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OSTM/Jason-2 Telemetry Data, 2008 to 2019

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 06:50 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 09, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This collection contains the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 Telemetry data. The dataset consists of raw Level-0 telemetry data from the OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft. There are three datatypes available: Housekeeping Telemetry - Recorded (HKTM-R) is stored on the spacecraft for later downlink; Payload Telemetry 1 (PLTM-1) is the payload science data from the core-mission payloads: Poseidon-3, DORIS, AMR, and GPSP; and Payload Telemetry 2 (PLTM-2) is the payload science data from the passenger mission of opportunity payloads: CARMEN-2, L2T2 and LPT. They are available as CCSDS packet files. All telemetry data are restricted to the project team, per the mission's 4-partner Memorandum of Understanding. Other data/products associated with OSTM/Jason-2 are also available, including Level-2 Geophysical Data Records (GDR), ancillary and auxiliary data files used to generate Level-2 products, quality reports from the near real-time altimetry validation system (NRTAVS) and orbit information of OSTM/Jason-2 satellite.

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0044986 ALTIMETRY - SEA SURFACE HEIGHT SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY AMR DORIS GPSP LRA Poseidon-3 altimeter

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issued 2008-08-27T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "World-Wide Distribution",
  "oceanography",
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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",
  "altimetry",
  "telemetry",
  "ALTIMETERS > ALTIMETERS",
  "AMR > Advanced Microwave Radiometer",
  "DORIS > Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite",
  "GPSP > Global Positioning System Payload",
  "LRA > Laser Retroreflector Array",
  "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 2022-01-09T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2008-06-20T00:00:00+00:00/2019-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
title OSTM/Jason-2 Telemetry Data, 2008 to 2019

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