Creator: POCLOUD
Keywords: Sea Surface Topography

Data at a Glance

Description

The Sensory Data Record (SDR) is similar to the GDR product except that it also contains waveforms, which are required for retracking. This is an expert level product. If you do not need the waveforms then the GDR should suit your needs.

Product Summary

Platforms

TOPEX/POSEIDON

Instruments

TMR ,

ALT (TOPEX)

Projects

TOPEX/POSEIDON

Spatial Extent

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

Location

GLOBAL

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1992-09-25 to 2005-10-04

Data Partner

Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)

Concept ID

C2617176787-POCLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

112308

Processing Level

Published

2009-06-15

Updated

2011-01-21

Science Keywords

Sea Surface Topography

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.

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TOPEX/POSEIDON. (1993). TOPEX ALTIMETER SENSOR DATA RECORD [Dataset]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TPSDR-BIN0A Date Accessed: 2026-09-21

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

PO.DAAC Drive

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

Data Use and Citation Guidelines

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
BALTIC+ Theme 3 Baltic+ SEAL (Sea Level) Product Handbook	2021	TUM, Passaro, Marcello, Muller, Felix, Dettmering, Denise, Abulaitijiang, Adili, Scarrott, Rory, Chalencon, Emma, Sweeney, Michael	WAVEFORM

TOPEX ALTIMETER SENSOR DATA RECORD