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TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1992-2002

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Updated 25/06/2025

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Satellite altimeter data from the radar altimeter on board the joint US/France TOPEX/Poseidon Mission, comprising Global (66S -> 66N) sea surface height anomalies along ground tracks which are repeated every 10 days. The dataset is approximately 584 Mb and the period covered is September 1992 to August 2002. The data was provided by JPL/NASA 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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Field Value
Title TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1992-2002
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/b65a6979-fa41-481c-bff1-b3ab09ee8152
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 23/09/1992 - 15/08/2002
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        66.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        66.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -66.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimeter Data - CMR Processed - 1992-2002". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/topex-poseidon-satellite-altimeter-data-cmr-processed-1992-20021