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    • SWOT Level 2 Nadir Altimeter Geophysical Data Record with Waveforms - GDR Version D

    Metadata Updated: August 29, 2025

    The SWOT Level 2 Nadir Altimeter Geophysical Data Record (GDR) with Waveforms dataset produced by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission provides sea surface height, significant wave height and wind speed measurements from the Poseidon-3C nadir altimeter, a Jason-class dual frequency (Ku/C) altimeter. SWOT is a joint mission between NASA and CNES that launched on December 16, 2022. It aims to measure ocean surface topography with unprecedented resolution and accuracy, as well as map inland water bodies globally. The GDR dataset consists of discrete measurements for each half orbit along the ground track with sampling resolutions of approximately 6-km and 300-m at 1Hz and 20Hz, respectively. The data were processed using restituted auxiliary data and the Precise Orbit Ephemeris (POE). The data are available with latency of < 90 days and distributed in netCDF-4 file format.This collection is a sub-collection of its parent: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SWOT_L2_NALT_GDR_D

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date May 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL;NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SWOT-NALT-GDR-D
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/web-misc/swot_mission_docs/D-109532_SWOT_UserHandbook_RevA_20250311_sig-final.pdf
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    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1281f715fd562bd5981a3165bb30ee8706a175bb0ccea6e27939840a22ae1aa6
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2022-12-16/2022-12-16

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