Altimetric Data Information: SAR
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Altimetric Data Information: Intro
The purpose of this page is to provide information on what satellite altimetric data are available for scientific research, especially from NASA’s PO.DAAC and NOAA’s NODC. While this page does not contain any data, it provides succinct descriptions and pointers to the data via dataset information pages or online tools. The information is broken up into multiple sections:
Waves and Satellites: Effect of El Niño on Big Wave Surfing
Strong El Nino events are associated with recreational benefits, with the current 2015/2016 El Nino proving to be no exception.
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Waves and Satellites: Effect of El Niño on Big Wave Surfing (January, 2016)
Strong El Niño events are associated with recreational benefits, namely snow sports and surfing. The last two major El Niño events, 1982/1983 and 1997/1998, have both proven to be record breaking years for large, consistent surf along the U.S. West Coast. The current 2015/2016 El Niño is proving to be no exception.
17th International Science Team Meeting (GHRSST XVII)
Location:
College Park, MD
Event Date:
June 6, 2016 to June 10, 2016
Data in Action: Waves and Satellites: Effect of El Niño on Big Wave Surfing
It is now well established that we are in the midst of the strongest El Niño event in nearly two full decades, which we last witnessed with the record-breaking 1997/1998 El Niño. Most of the folks on the U.S. West Coast, especially in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains, associate strong El Niño events with abundant precipitation from an enhanced subtropical jet stream.
Scheduled System Maintenance
PO.DAAC will be performing maintenance on our Database server on Wednesday 1/13/2016 from 7am to 7:30am PST.
This maintenance activity will impact PO.DAAC's Website and Forum services.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Fall AGU
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:
December 14, 2015 to December 18, 2015
External Link:
2015 PO.DAAC Webinar
PO.DAAC participated in a NASA Earthdata webinar, providing a summary of PO.DAAC's data holdings and demonstration of various tools and services.