MRI-JMA TOPEX

Combined analysis of TOPEX and Jason produced by the Japanese Meteorological Institute and the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Since January 2001, Japan Meteorological Agency has been operating an ocean assimilation system in which the TOPEX/POSEIDON sea surface height data is assimilated, and informing the ocean states using the outputs of the system. Jason-1 took over the TOPEX/POSEIDON orbit in August 2002. The assimilation system is operated with the Jason-1 data instead.

Variables	Sea level anomaly, dynamic height and associated errors
Zonal	0.25E to 379.75E by 1/2 deg
Meridional	65.75S to 65.75N by 1/2 deg
Vertical	surface
Temporal	Jan 1993 to Dec 2002 by 1 month
Static?	yes
Volume
Server	private:
Source	www.mri-jma.go.jp
Acquired	Nov 17, 2003
APDRC contact	Jim Potemra
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