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U. Texas TOPEX/Poseidon Sea Surface Height Anomaly from JCOMM Products Bulletin at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library
Entry ID: LDEO_IGOSS_UTCSR_TOPEX

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Summary
Abstract: Data set consists of a time series of sea height derived from
altimeter measured on the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite from the University
of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research (UTCSR).

Data from the Joint World Meteorological
Organization/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical
Commision for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Products
Bulletin Data Products. The organization was formally known as the
Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) Data Products
Bulletin.

For further data products see:
http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/

http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/.data_products.html

and
http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/climate/monitoring/ipb/
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Description: Access to IGOSS (now JCOMM) Data Products and data visualization
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 60.0   S: -60.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Shum, C.K., and D. Chambers
Dataset Title: UTCSR Topex/Poseidon Altimeter Gridded Sea Level Anomalies
Dataset Series Name: JCOMM Products Bulletin
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Online Resource: http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IGOSS/.TOPEX/.UTCSR/.ssha/
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
LDEO_IGOSS_MONITORING
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1992-10-01
Stop Date: 1995-02-28
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: monthly
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
TOPEX/POSEIDON > Ocean Topography Experiment Ancillary Description
Instrument
ALT (TOPEX) > TOPEX Radar Altimeter Ancillary Description
ALTIMETERS Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
UTCSR
Data Center
Climate Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BENNO BLUMENTHAL
Phone: (845) 680-4450
Fax: (845) 680-4864
Email: benno at iri.ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Data Library Manager
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964-8000
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: web
Distribution Format: ascii
Fees: none
Personnel
DON CHAMBERS
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: chambers at csr.utexas.edu
Contact Address:
Center for Space Research
3925 W. Braker Lane, Ste. 200
City: Austin
Province or State: TX
Postal Code: 78759-5321
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-12-07

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