Data management: Data sources & Quality control
Sea level measurements
Absolute sea level Src: Per Knudsen
Measurement system Src: JPL
Satellite laser ranging Src: Schrama
TOPEX/Poseidon Groundtrack Src: Schrama
History Satellite YearsOrganisationAccuracy SKYLAB1972 NASA20 m GEOS NASA3 m SEASAT1978 NASA2 m GEOSAT US Navy30 cm ERS ESA4-10 cm ERS ESA4 cm T/P NASA/CNES2.. 3 cm GFO US Navy2.. 5 cm ENVISAT ESA2.. 3 cm JASON NASA/CNES2.. 3 cm JASON NASA/CNES2.. 3 cm
Corrections applied Orbit Mean Sea Surface (MSS) Dry troposphere Wet troposphere (composite*) Ionosphere Sea State Bias Ocean tide and loading tide Solid Earth tide Pole tide Combined atmospheric correction Specific corrections (per satellite) Src:
Envisat: specific corrections Src: cls.dot
Data Trends maps - public Along-track – restricted Real-time - restricted
Relative sea level Src: Peter L Johnson new old Fort Denison in Sydney, Australia
Different gauges Src: ioc manual Bubbler pressure gauge Still well gauge Next-Generation Water Level Measurement System
Radar tide gauge
Bottom Pressure Gauge Src: Aarup
Datasets Monthly, Annual: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) GLOSS Delayed Mode Higher Frequency (DM HF) Data Sets: British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) GLOSS Fast Mode Higher Frequency Data Sets University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) Status: IOC-Sea-level Station Monitoring Facility
PSMSL stations
Censoring effect
Bathymetry
Global bathymetry Src: gebco
Measuring coastal bathymetry
Single beam measurement
Bathymetry Src: openearth
Synthetic Aperture Radar spaceoffice.nl
Flight tracks
Nearshore Bathymetry/Topography