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Ocean Surface Topography: TOPEX altimeter geophysical data record

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 Documentation Software FAQs Start Time End Time Temporal
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TOPEX Ground System Software
Interface Specification		 All SW N/A 22Sep1992 8Oct2005 10-day
30_day
_latency		 Along Track Global

Abstract
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Product 036
TOPEX Altimeter Geophysical Data Record

Source/sensor: TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite, TOPEX altimeter

Coverage: 22 September 1992 - 8 October 2005, global

Abstract: The TOPEX/POSEIDON MGDR (Merged Geophysical Data Record) contains

Comments: N/A

Data Set Volume: Each Cycle is approximately 120 MB.

Smallest order: 1 pass file via ftp

Std. product: ftp

Formats: Linux byte order, binary data with ASCII header on passfiles.

Citation
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Product 036
TOPEX Altimeter Geophysical Data Record

References:
Fu, L.-L., M. Lefebvre and E. Christensen, TOPEX/POSEIDON: The Ocean Topography Experiment, Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 72(35), 1991, p.p. 369-373.

Fu, L.-L. and E.J. Christensen, TOPEX/Poseidon performance evaluated, Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 74 (27), 1993, p.p. 297, 302.

Benada, R. "Merged GDR (TOPEX/POSEIDON) Generation B User's Handbook, Version 2.0, July 30, 1997. Manual # D-11007. Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC), JPL.

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