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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.

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Dataset Sort descending	Version	Platform	Instrument	Temporal Extent	Spatial Extent	Spatial Resolution	Data Format
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) STC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography	F	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-12-07	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NRT Ocean Surface Topography	F	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER, AMR	2020-11-30 to Present	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NRT Reduced Ocean Surface Topography	F	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-12-07	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unvalidated) F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unvalidated) G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography (Unvalidated) F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography (Unvalidated) G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) STC Ocean Surface Topography	F	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-12-07	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) STC Reduced Ocean Surface Topography	F	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-12-07	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2P P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2P P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2P P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L2P P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L3 P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unfiltered) Version F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L3 P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unfiltered) Version G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L3 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unfiltered) Version F08	F08	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L3 P4 Altimeter Low Resolution (LR) NTC Ocean Surface Topography (Unfiltered) Version G01	G01	Sentinel-6A	Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter	2020-11-30	N: 66.15 S: -66.15 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 KaRIn Low Rate Sea Surface Height Data Product - Basic, Version C	2.0	SWOT	KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA	2022-12-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers 250 Meters x 250 Meters	netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 KaRIn Low Rate Sea Surface Height Data Product - Basic, Version D	D	SWOT	KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA	2022-12-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers 250 Meters x 250 Meters	netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 KaRIn Low Rate Sea Surface Height Data Product - Expert, Version C	2.0	SWOT	KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA	2022-12-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers 250 Meters x 250 Meters	netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 KaRIn Low Rate Sea Surface Height Data Product - Expert, Version D	D	SWOT	KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA	2022-12-16	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers 250 Meters x 250 Meters	netCDF-4

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