Jason-3 validation report, cycle 8
Cycle date | 2016-04-26 - 2016-05-06 |
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Cycle quality | Data quality for this cycle is nominal. |
Missing data | This cycle has no missing pass, but part of passes 17, 144 and 148 have missing data over ocean due to OPS error or operations linked to DEM upload. |
5.15 cm | |
9.85 cm |
(*)When using a selection to remove shallow waters (1000 m), areas of high ocean variability and high latitudes (> |50| deg)
(**) relative to a 7-year mean
![]() Missing measurements |
![]() Edited measurements |
![]() Percentage of valid measurements |
Maps for cycle 8
View the maps for cycle 8 by clicking on the thumbnail, or see previous maps and animate them (click on the legend)
![]() SLA |
![]() Wind |
![]() Waves |
Long-term monitoring
Long-term crossover standard deviation |
![]() Cyclic monitoring of differences of (Jason-2 - Jason-3) mean SLA |
For a more complete assessment of data quality, see the Validation report for cycle 8 (pdf)