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Sea Surface Height Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Worldview, State of the Ocean (SOTO), and High-level Tool for Interactive Data Extraction / L2 Subsetting Services (HiTIDE) guide users in making the most of sea surface height data.
Sea Surface Height Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWOT Level 2 Nadir Altimeter Operational Geophysical Data Record with Waveforms Version D | D | SWOT | Jason-class Altimeter, AMR | 2022-12-16 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
300 Meters x 300 Meters<br>6000 Meters x 6000 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| SWOT Level 2 Nadir Altimeter Operational Geophysical Data Record with Waveforms, Version 1.0 | 1.0 | SWOT | Jason-class Altimeter, AMR | 2022-12-16 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
300 Meters x 300 Meters<br>6000 Meters x 6000 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| SWOT Level 2 Radiometer Brightness Temperatures and Troposphere Data Product | 2.0 | SWOT | AMR | 2022-12-16 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| SWOT Level 2 Radiometer Brightness Temperatures and Troposphere Data Product Version D | D | SWOT | AMR | 2022-12-16 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| SWOT Simulated Level-2 KaRIn SSH from MITgcm ECCO LLC4320 for Cal/Val Version 1 | 1 | MITgcm | Computer | 2011-11-13 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
2000 Meters x 2000 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| SWOT Simulated Level-2 KaRIn SSH from MITgcm ECCO LLC4320 for Science Version 1 | 1 | MITgcm | Computer | 2011-11-13 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
2000 Meters x 2000 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| SWOT Simulated Level-2 Nadir SSH from MITgcm ECCO LLC4320 for Cal/Val Version 1 | 1 | MITgcm | Computer | 2011-11-13 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| SWOT Simulated Level-2 Nadir SSH from MITgcm ECCO LLC4320 for Science Version 1 | 1 | MITgcm | Computer | 2011-11-13 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 77.6 S: -77.6 E: 180 W: -180 |
2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON Geophysical Data Record Version F | F | TOPEX/POSEIDON | ALT (TOPEX), TMR | 1992-10-13 to 2005-10-04 |
N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| TOVS GLA 5 DAY GRIDS from NOAA-11 V01 (TOVSA5NH) at GES DISC | 01 | NOAA-11 | HIRS/2, MSU, TOVS | 1988-10-12 to 1994-06-30 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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