GEOSAT Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1986-1989

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Satellite altimeter data from the GEOSAT (U.S. Navy Geosat radar altimeter satellite) Exact Repeat Mission, comprising Global (72S -> 72N) sea surface height anomalies along ground tracks which are repeated every 17 days. The dataset is approximately 220 Mb and the period covered is November 1986 to October 1989. The data was provided by NOAA/NGS in the USA and has been processed at CSIRO Marine Research in Hobart to a uniform grid spacing and format. Available on-line on the CSIRO Marine Research network; also available to outside users on request.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title GEOSAT Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1986-1989
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/26403eca-980f-4f18-9d36-d8e736aad971
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 08/11/1986 - 05/10/1989
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -72.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -72.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        72.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        72.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -72.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "GEOSAT Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1986-1989". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/geosat-satellite-altimeter-data-cmr-processed-1986-19891