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Description

This dataset contains absolute dynamic topography (similar to sea level but with respect to the geoid) binned and averaged monthly on 1 degree grids. The coverage is from October 1992 to December 2010. These data were provided by AVISO (French space agency data provider) to support the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was first made available via the JPL Earth System Grid. The dynamic topography are derived from sea surface height measured by several satellites including Envisat, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2, and referenced to the geoid. Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids.

Product Summary

Platforms
JASON-1 ,
TOPEX/POSEIDON ,
ENVISAT ,
GRACE ,
OSTM/JASON-2 ,
ERS-1 ,
ERS-2
Instruments
JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer ,
POSEIDON-2 ,
TMR ,
ALT (TOPEX) ,
SSALT ,
RA-2 ,
GRACE-FO ACC ,
GRACE SCA ,
GRACE-FO KBR ,
AMR ,
POSEIDON-3 ,
ERS-1 ALTIMETER ,
ERS-2 Altimeter
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1992-10-01 to 2010-12-31
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C2617226203-POCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Sea Surface Height

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

AVISO. (2011). AVISO Level 4 Absolute Dynamic Topography for Climate Model Comparison [Data set]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/DYNTO-1D1M1 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Remote and Regional Drivers of the Indonesian Throughflow Under Future Wang, Shouyi, Waitzmann, Daniel, Ummenhofer, Caroline C., Oppo, Delia W. Sea Surface Height
Impacts of the CICE sea ice model and ERA atmosphere on an Antarctic MetROMS ocean model, MetROMS-UHel-v1. 0 Aijala, Cecilia, Nie, Yafei, Gutierrez-Loza, Lucia, De Falco, Chiara, Lauvset, Siv Kari, Cheng, Bin, Bailey, David Anthony, Uotila, Petteri Sea Surface Height
Current Marine Protected Areas Conserve Fish Spawning Aggregations Under Climate Change due to Habitat Refugia Bartlett, Brian S., Erisman, Brad, Asch, Rebecca G. Reflectance, Solar Irradiance, Sea Surface Height
Exploring the relationship between upper ocean states and the falling Ice radiative effects using ECCO product and global climate models Li, Jui-Lin F, Wang, Li-Chiao, Tsai, Yu-Cian, Huang, Yu-Sung, Lee, Wei-Liang, Jiang, Jonathan H, Wang, Ou, Yu, Jia-Yuh, Stephens, Graeme, Liu, Tzu-Yun Sea Surface Height
Inferring the linkage of sea surface height anomalies, surface wind Li, Jui-Lin F, Tsai, Yu-Cian, Xu, Kuan-Man, Lee, Wei-Liang, Jiang, Jonathan H, Yu, Jia-Yuh, Fetzer, Eric J, Stephens, Graeme Sea Surface Height
Modeling Ocean Color Niche Selection by Synechococcus BlueGreen Acclimaters Lovindeer, R., Ustick, L. J., Primeau, F., Martiny, A. C., Mackey, K. R. M. Sea Surface Height
Footprint of Tropical Mesoscale Convective System Variability on Dong, W. H., Lin, Y. L., Zhang, M. H., Huang, X. M. Sea Surface Height
Intercomparison of Antarctic ice-shelf, ocean, and sea-ice interactions simulated by MetROMS-iceshelf and FESOM 1.4 Naughten, Kaitlin A., Meissner, Katrin J., Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin K., England, Matthew H., Timmermann, Ralph, Hellmer, Hartmut H., Hattermann, Tore, Debernard, Jens B. Sea Surface Height
Spurious sea ice formation caused by oscillatory ocean tracer advection schemes Naughten, Kaitlin A., Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin K., Meissner, Katrin J., England, Matthew H., Brassington, Gary B., Colberg, Frank, Hattermann, Tore, Debernard, Jens B. Sea Surface Height
Vertical heat flux in the ocean: Estimates from observations and from a coupled general circulation model Cummins, Patrick F., Masson, Diane, Saenko, Oleg A. Sea Surface Height
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