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Description

Provides low resolution (LR) non-time critical (NTC; 60-day latency) measurements of sea surface height anomaly (SSHA), Significant Wave Height (SWH), and Wind Speed. The NTC product is analogous to the Jason-3 GDR product.

Product Summary

Platforms
Sentinel-6A
Instruments
Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter ,
AMR-C ,
DORIS ,
GNSS RECEIVER
Spatial Extent

N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL ,
GLOBAL OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2020-11-30
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C3332203845-POCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
45963
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Sea Surface Height ,
Significant Wave 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

Ocean Surface Topography Science Team. (2025). Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography G01 [Data set]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/S6AP4-2LRNTR-G01 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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