Below are a list of tools that provide visualizations and/or subsetting data and access protocols.
NASA PO.DAAC
- HiTIDE – High-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction, Provides subsetting for swath data. http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/hitide/
- LAS – Live Access Server, visualization and subsetter of gridded data http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/las
- SOTO – State Of The Ocean, visualizes the latest 30 days of data. http://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto-2d
- PO.DAAC Drive: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/
- OPeNDAP: http://opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/
- THREDDS: http://thredds.jpl.nasa.gov/thredds/catalog.html
NOAA NCEI
- LAS – Live Access Server, visualization and subsetter of gridded data https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/las/getUI.do
- FTP: ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/jason2/
- OPeNDAP: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/jason2/
- THREDDS: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/jason2/catalog.html
- HTTP: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/jason2/
Below is a table with a summary of datasets found at PO.DAAC and NCEI related to altimetry.
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Dataset Name |
Mission/s |
Start Time |
End Time |
Swath/Gridded |
Data Center |
File Format |
NRT/ Historical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jason-1 GDR |
Jason-1 |
2001-12 |
2012-06 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
binary |
historical |
|
Jason-2/OSTM OGDR |
Jason-2/OSTM |
2008-06 |
present |
swath |
NODC
|
Netcdf |
NRT |
|
Jason-2/OSTM IGDR |
Jason-2/OSTM |
2008-06 |
present |
swath |
NODC
|
NetCDF |
NRT |
|
Jason-2/OSTM GDR |
Jason-2/OSTM |
2008-06 |
present |
swath |
NODC
|
NetCDF |
NRT |
|
Reconstructed sea level http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/RECON_SEA_LEVEL_OST_L4_V1 |
T/P, Jason-1/2 |
1950-06 |
2009-06 |
gridded |
PO.DAAC |
netcdf |
historical |
|
Geosat Follow-On: SDR, NGDR, IGDR, GDR) |
Geosat Follow-On
|
1998-02 |
2008-10 |
swath |
LSA/STAR/NESDIS/NOAA
|
ASCII |
historical |
|
GeoSat GDR (Enhanced JGM-3) |
Geosat |
1985-03 |
1989-12 |
swath |
NODC
|
ASCII and NetCDF |
historical |
|
Geosat ERM SDR |
Geosat |
1986-11 |
1989-12 |
swath |
NODC
|
ASCII |
historical |
|
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 2 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_CYCLES_V2 |
TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 |
1992-09 |
present |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter Merged Geophysical Data Record Generation B |
TOPEX/Poseidon |
1992-09 |
2005-10 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
binary |
Historical |
|
TOPEX Altimeter Sensor Data Record |
TOPEX/Poseidon |
1992-09 |
2005-10 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
binary |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Altimeter Geophysical Data Record (GDR) NetCDF |
Jason-1 |
2002-01 |
2013-03 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Sensor Geophysical Data Record (SGDR) NetCDF |
Jason-1 |
2002-01 |
2013-03 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR) Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) NetCDF |
Jason-1 |
2002-01 |
2013-03 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
OSTM GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR |
OSTM/Jason-2 |
2009-06 |
present |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
NRT |
|
SARAL Near-Real-Time Value-added Operational Geophysical Data Record Sea Surface Height Anomaly http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ALTIKA_SARAL_L2_OST_XOGDR |
SARAL |
2013-11 |
present |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
NRT |
|
Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2 Version 2 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_GMSL_ASCII_V2 |
TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 |
1992-09 |
present |
Time series |
PO.DAAC |
ASCII |
Historical |
|
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research complete time series Version 2 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_ALL_V2 |
TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 |
1992-09 |
present |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Altimeter Geophysical Data Record (GDR) NetCDF Ver C Geodetic http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_GDR_NETCDF_C_GEODETIC |
Jason-1 |
2012-05 |
2013-06 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Sensor Geophysical Data Record (SGDR) NetCDF Geodetic http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_SGDR_NETCDF_C_GEODETIC |
Jason-1 |
2012-05 |
2013-06 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
|
Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR) Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) NetCDF Version C Geodetic http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_GDR_SSHA_NETCDF_C_GEODETIC |
Jason-1 |
2012-05 |
2013-06 |
swath |
PO.DAAC |
NetCDF |
Historical |
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