TOPEX monthly climatology

TOPEX, ERS and Jason 1 combined SSHA monthly climatology

TOPEX Poseidon, ERS and Jason1 combined Sea Level Height Anomaly - monthly climatology.

It is a combined data product from TOPEX Poseidon, ERS and Jason1 satellites. The SSHA is calculated with respect to 13 year mean (January 1993 to December 2005) and mapped on global irregular grid about 1/3 degree spacing. The data are obtained from the AVISO site (as given below) and monthly data were averaged to contstruct monthly climatologies.

When using the data please cite : "The altimeter products were produced by the CLS Space Oceanography Division as part of the Environment and Climate EU ENACT project (EVK2-CT2001-00117) and with support from CNES"

Variables
Sea level anomaly (cm)
ZonalGlobal by varies
MeridionalGlobal by varies
Vertical 
TemporalJan Climatology to Dec Climatology by 1 month(s)
Static?yes
Volume47 Mb
Serverpublic:
Source homepage: http://www-aviso.cnes.fr:8090/HTML/information/frames/general/produits_uk.html, data: AVISO ftp site
AcquiredMarch 2007 (Updated Aug 2009)
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