Jason-2 validation report, cycle 3
| Cycle date | 2008-07-30 - 2008-08-09 |
|---|---|
| Cycle quality | Data quality for this cycle is nominal. |
| Missing data | Due to an acquisition station problem (impacting data on 2008-08-02 from 02:23:45 to 05:46:28), passes 33 and 34 are completely missing. In addition, passes 32 and 35 are partially missing with respectively 100% and 91.5% of missing ocean measurements. |
| 5.14 cm | |
| 9.31 cm |
(*)When using a selection to remove shallow waters (1000 m), areas of high ocean variability and high latitudes (> |50| deg)
(**) MSS 2011 relative to a 7-year mean until cycle 327. MSS 2015 (relative to a 20-year mean) from cycle 500 onwards
) Missing measurements |
) Edited measurements |
) Percentage of valid measurements |
Maps for cycle 3
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) SLA |
) Wind |
) Waves |
Long-term monitoring
) Long-term crossover standard deviation |
 Mean sea level |
For a more complete assessment of data quality, see the 
Validation report for cycle 3 (pdf)
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