Jason-1 validation report, cycle 500
Cycle date | 2012-05-06 - 2012-05-16 |
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Cycle quality | Data quality for this cycle is nominal. |
Missing data | This cycle has 3 completely missing passes and 3 partly missing passes. Pass 001 is completely missing and pass 002 is partly missing with 38% of missing ocean measurements, as CCI data are only available from 2012-05-07 16h onwards. Passes 207 and 208 are completely missing and passes 206 and 209 are partly missing with respectively 80% and 93% of missing ocean measurements, as Jason-1 altimeter was in INIT mode (Jason-2 overflight). This data gap is on 2012-05-15 between 14:37:00 and 17:44:54. |
5.01 cm | |
9.89 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 |
Valid measurements |
Maps for cycle 500
View the maps for cycle 500 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 |
Mean sea level |
For a more complete assessment of data quality, see the Validation report for cycle 500 (pdf)