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Journal for accession number:  0044982
Created on:                    2022-01-08 22:13:11 UTC
By:                            National Centers for Environmental Information

Source: An informational file was created by NCEI staff and programmatically
added to the about/ directory of this accession.

Version:                       3.4

Actions: Informational files were updated in the about/ directory of
this accession.

Files:
about/
This directory contains files created by NCEI staff and processing, including
'negotiable' information between NCEI staff and the data provider.

0044982_preview.png -
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data/0-data/
This directory contains the data files as submitted to NCEI.

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Journal for accession number: 0044982
Created on:                    2008-08-27 18:43:32 +0000
By:                            Yongsheng Zhang, OC1 SSMC3 4701, 7133272 x126

Source: This accession contains the data descriptions for the OSTM/Jason-2
Ancillary data files, which is served through the NOAA/NESDIS Comprehensive
Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS).

These Ancillary data files are used to generate Level-2 products. Includes
both static tabular data files and dynamic files which change/grow over time.
They are mission specific files used in the production of Level-2 products.

Other data/products associated with OSTM/Jason-2 are also provided through
CLASS. They are: Level-2 Geophysical Data Records (GDR, auxiliary data files
used to generate Level-2 products, quality reports from the near real-time
altimetry validation system (NRTAVS), orbit information of JASON-2 satellite
and telemetry data. The descriptions of these data products can also be
accessed in other accessions at NODC.

Files:
This directory contains the following documentation files:

FGDC_meta_NODC_0044982_Sep08.txt - FGDC Metadata in text format, 2008.
FGDC_meta_NODC_0044982_Aug09.txt - FGDC Metadata in text format, 2009.
FGDC_meta_NODC_0044982_Aug09.xml - FGDC Metadata in XML format, 2009.
ISO_ANC_meta_0044982_2011.xml - ISO Metadata in XML format, which is 
                            directly converted from FGDC metadata (2009) by
                            NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).

data/0-data/

This directory contains the following data and documentation files:

data_URLs.html - A html file provides the URL links directing to the NOAA's
CLASS data system for downloading these datasets.

Last Update:  August 20, 2012 - Yongsheng Zhang