Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage Daily

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The Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage data product contains Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA or SLA) and zonal and meridional geostrophic velocities for the US west coast encompassing 35.25 deg-48.5 deg N latitude and 227.75 deg-248.5 deg E longitude. This annually updated data product extends from October 14, 1992 through January 19, 2011. SSHA and current velocities are derived from the AVISO quarter degree DT UPD MSLA version 3.0 grids, 0.75 deg and greater away from the coast. Values within 0.75 deg of the coast are derived from tide gauge observations and interpolated out to the altimeter filled region. Details on how these data are derived can be found in: Saraceno, M., P. T. Strub, and P. M. Kosro (2008), Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11013, doi:10.1029/2008JC004756.

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5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FCitingPODAAC
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2036882016-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC2036882016-POCLOUD
5 https://github.com%2Fpodaac%2Fdata-readers
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Fcoastal_alt%2Fpreview%2FL4%2FOSU_COAS%2Fdocs%2FCoastal_alt_readme.txt
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FPodaac%2Fthumbnails%2FALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST_DAILY.jpg
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2036882016-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2036882016-POCLOUD
5 https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
5 Coastal_alt_readme.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/coastal_alt/preview/L4/OSU_COAS/docs/Coastal_alt_readme.txt
22 ALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST_DAILY.jpg https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/ALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST_DAILY.jpg
33 L2-UserHandbook_v4.0.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/grace/open/L1B/GFZ/AOD1B/RL04/docs/L2-UserHandbook_v4.0.pdf
33 ProdSpecDoc_v4.6.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/grace/open/L1B/GFZ/AOD1B/RL04/docs/ProdSpecDoc_v4.6.pdf
33 ReleaseNotes_gfz_RL06.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/grace/open/L1B/GFZ/AOD1B/RL04/docs/ReleaseNotes_gfz_RL06.pdf
33 L2-GFZ_ProcStds_RL06_DRAFT.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/grace/retired/docs/L2-GFZ_ProcStds_RL06_DRAFT.pdf
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GRACE
47 README.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/gracefo/open/L2/GFZ/RL06/README.txt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2491772116-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2491772116-POCLOUD
22 GRACE_GAB_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06.jpg https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/GRACE_GAB_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06.jpg
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2491772116-POCLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-sea-surface-topography-oceans-sea-surface-height
  • earth-science-ocean-circulation-oceans-ocean-currents

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