AVISO: Satellite derived Sea Surface Height above Geoid
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The sea surface height relative to the geoid (the mean ocean surface of the Earth if the ocean is at rest) is derived from TOPEX/Poseidon, Envisat, Jason-1, and OSTM/Jason-2 altimetry measurements. Altimetry is a technique for measuring height. Satellite altimetry measures the time taken by a radar pulse to travel from the satellite antenna to the surface and back to the satellite receiver. Combined with precise satellite location data, altimetry measurements yield sea-surface heights. This AVISO dataset was created by binning and averaging monthly values on 1 degree grids.
AVISO stands for "Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data".
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Earth system components and main variables
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No, data set not being extended
Timestep
Monthly
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Input Data
satellite radar pulses
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Ocean or Land
Ocean Only
Spatial Resolution
1°x1° (Obs4MIPS & JPL)
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