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NODC Accession No.: 0044984
Title:Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2: Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System (NRTAVS) QA Reports (NODC Accession 0044984)
Abstract:This accession contains the descriptions for the OSTM/Jason-2 Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System Quality Reports, which are served through the NOAA/NESDIS Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS): http://www.class.noaa.gov

OSTM/Jason-2 is a follow-on mission to Jason-1, which takes over and continues the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions. OSTM/Jason-2 involves Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), NASA and 2 new partners: the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and NOAA in order to 1) ensure continuity of high quality measurements for ocean science, and 2) provide operational products for assimilation and forecasting applications. OSTM/Jason-2 was launched on 20 June 2008 and reached its nominal repetitive orbit on 4 July 2008. The start of cycle 1 occurred on 12 July 2008.

These files provide the quality reports from the Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System. Reports are daily and cover the previous 10-day period. All members of the Quality Assurance reports family were made available on 15 December, 2008.

Other data/products associated with OSTM/Jason-2 are also provided through CLASS. They are: Level-2 Geophysical Data Records(GDRs), ancillary and auxiliary data files used to generate Level-2 products, orbit information of JASON-2 satellite and telemetry data. The descriptions of these data products can be accessed in other accessions at NODC.
Submitted by:Lillibridge, John
Submitting Institution:OSDPD
Collecting Institutions:CNES, EUMETSAT, OSDPD, NASA
Date received:2008-12-15
Start date:2008-06-20
End date:2009-07-15
Availability date:2008-12-15
West boundary:-180
East boundary:180
North boundary:66
South boundary:-66
Number of observations:
Size in Megabytes:
Datatypes:ALTIMETER - SEA SURFACE MEASUREMENT
Observation types:meteorological, physical, satellite data
Instrument types:AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA
Sea areas:World-Wide Distribution
Contributing projects:
Platforms: - JASON-2
Supplementary Info:Data users of this accession should note that the DATA in folders 01-version/ and 02-version/ is identical and can be used interchangeably. The folders differ in that 02-version/about holds Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata in addition to all the files originally included in the 01-version folder.
meta_version:10
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