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Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite from 2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 (NCEI Accession 0285805)


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            title:  Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite from 2023-11-01 to 2023-11-30 (NCEI Accession 0285805)
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        abstract:  This dataset contains an operational Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite (SOHCS) product generated by NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The operational algorithm implemented was developed at the University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). The SOHCS product measures the integrated vertical temperature from the sea surface to the depth of the 26°C isotherm. The algorithm uses a reduced gravity model to estimate the 20 degree isotherm depth based on objectively analyzed blended sea surface height anomaly fields from operational altimeters (CryoSat, SARAL, Jason-3, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B) and NESDIS Geo-Polar blended SST analyses. The data consists of seven parameters including sea surface height anomaly and its mapping error, depth of the 20° and 26° Celsius isotherm, mixed layer depth, ocean heat content and sea surface temperature. The grid spacing of the data in both latitude and longitude is 0.25°.
        purpose:  This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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                code:  CryoSat-2
            description:  --- ICES information updated on 2024-02-23T08:53:29.07 --- Platform Name: CryoSat-2 ICES Code: EUC2 Commissioned: 2010-04-08 Country of registry: The European Union Current Length: 4.6 Modified: 2024-02-23T08:53:29.07 Platform Class: 65: Orbiting satellite Notes: Earth observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the primary objective to measure the thinning of sea and land ice. COSPAR ID 2010-013A. SATCAT no 36508. Operational altitude 717km --- end of ICES information --- platform name: CryoSat-2 country of registry: France platform Type: satellite Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite date of launch: 2010-04-08 operational data collection start: 2010-10-26 Mission type: Earth observation Operator: ESA COSPAR ID: 2010-013A SATCAT no.: 36508 Websites: https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/cryosat https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/CryoSat-2_operations https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/cryosat-2 https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/cryosat_2 Additional information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryoSat-2
            instrument:  #inst_bfe8
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  Jason-3
            description:  Description: Altimetry satellite; follow-on of the TOPEX-Poseidon satellite and Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellite missions Country *: FR FRA 250 ISO 3166-2:FR (NODC ATDB=79) Platform Class *: 65-Orbiting satellite Operations/Responsible organization: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Previous Name: N/A Commissioned Date: (2015-03) Current Length (m): Height: app. 4 meters Notes +: Jason-3 is the fourth mission in U.S.-European series of satellite missions that measure the height of the ocean surface. Scheduled to launch in 2015, the mission will extend the time series of ocean surface topography measurements (the hills and valleys of the ocean surface) begun by the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite mission in 1992 and continuing through the currently operating Jason-1 (launched in 2001) and OSTM/Jason-2 (launched in 2008) missions. These measurements provide scientists with critical information about circulation patterns in the ocean and about both global and regional changes in sea level and the climate implications of a warming world. The primary instrument on Jason-3 is a radar altimeter. The altimeter will measure sea-level variations over the global ocean with very high accuracy (as 1.3 inches or 3.3 centimeters, with a goal of achieving 1 inch or 2.5 centimeters). Continual, long-term, reliable data of changes in ocean surface topography will be generated and will be used by scientists and operational agencies (NOAA, European weather agencies, marine operators, etc.) for scientific research and operational oceanography for the benefit of society. TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 were cooperative missions between NASA and the French space agency, CNES. Additional partners in the Jason-2 mission included NOAA and Eumetsat. Jason-3 continues the international cooperation, with NOAA and Eumetsat leading the efforts, along with partners NASA and CNES. Info Source: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason3/ http://smsc.cnes.fr/JASON3/GP_satellite.htm The Jason-3 satellite was launched on 17 January 2016 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, and was placed into the same orbit as OSTM/Jason-2, at an altitude of 1,336 kilometers with an inclination of 66 degrees, to provide virtually blanket coverage of all ice-free ocean surfaces. The satellite went operational on 14 October 2016.
            instrument: (missing)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa)
            description:  Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite Synonyms: Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa Launched Date: 2013-02-25 Commissioned Date: 2013-03-13 Decommissioned Date (YYYY-MM-DD): Notes: Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL) is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) and CNES (Space Agency of France). SARAL performs altimetric measurements designed to study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation. The payloads of SARAL are the ISRO built satellite with payloads modules (ALTIKA altimeter), DORIS, Laser Retro-reflector Array (LRA) and Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS) data collection system provided by CNES. ISRO is responsible for the platform, launch, and operations of the spacecraft. The overall objectives of SARAL are to realize precise, repetitive global measurements of sea surface height, significant wave heights and wind speed for: 1)Development of operational oceanography (study of mesoscale ocean viability, coastal region observations, inland waters, marine ecosystems, etc. ); 2) Understanding of climate and developing forecasting capabilities and 3)Operational meteorology. Info Source: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/saral https://altika-saral.cnes.fr/en/SARAL/GP_satellite.htm http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/saral
            instrument:  #inst_be03
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  Sentinel-3A
            description:  - country of registry = European Union - platformType = orbiting satellite - NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2016-011A - operator - European Space Agency (ESA) - instruments: Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI), et al. Launch Date: February 2016-02-16 https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-eo-missions/sentinel-3
            instrument: (missing)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  Sentinel-3B
            description:  - country of registry = European Union - platformType = orbiting satellite - COSPAR ID: 2018-039A - operator - European Space Agency (ESA) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) - Launched Date: 2018-04-25
            instrument: (missing)