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Title: OSTM/Jason-2 Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System (NRTAVS) QA Reports, 2008 to 2019 (NCEI Accession 0044984)
Abstract: This collection contains the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System Quality Reports. These files provide the quality reports from the Near Real-Time Altimetry Validation System. Reports are daily and cover the previous 10-day period. All Quality Assurance data were made available on 15 December, 2008.

Other data/products associated with OSTM/Jason-2 are also available, including Level-2 Geophysical Data Records (GDRs), ancillary and auxiliary data files used to generate Level-2 products, orbit information of OSTM/Jason-2 satellite and telemetry data.
Date received: 20081215
Start date: 20080620
End date: 20191001
Seanames: World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 66
South boundary: -66
Observation types: meteorological, physical, satellite data
Instrument types: AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA, Poseidon-3 altimeter, satellite sensor - altimeter
Datatypes: ALTIMETRY - SEA SURFACE HEIGHT, SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
Submitter: Lillibridge, John
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
Collecting institutions: European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, National Centre for Space Studies, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, US National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Contributing projects:
Platforms: Jason-2 (33UF)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: OSTM/Jason-2 is a follow-on mission to the TOPEX/Poseidon and JASON-1 missions. OSTM/Jason-2 involves Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), NASA and 2 new partners: the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and NOAA in order to 1) ensure continuity of high quality measurements for ocean science, and 2) provide operational products for assimilation and forecasting applications. OSTM/Jason-2 was launched on 20 June 2008 and reached its nominal repetitive orbit on 4 July 2008. The start of cycle 1 occurred on 12 July 2008. After more than 11 years in orbit and well beyond its three- to five-year mission baseline, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on Jason-2 permanently ceased acquisition of scientific data at 06:48 UTC on 1 October 2019 due to aging-related issues onboard the spacecraft.
Availability date: 20081215
Metadata version: 21
Keydate: 2008-08-27 20:06:29+00
Editdate: 2020-08-23 14:34:27+00