Jason-3 validation report, cycle 3
Cycle date | 2016-03-08 - 2016-03-18 |
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Cycle quality | Data quality for this cycle is nominal. |
Missing data | Due to platform GPS software upload from 2016/03/15 to 2016/03/17, passes 182 to 232 are entirely missing, as well as part of passes 181 and 233. There are therefore only 203 passes in the cycle. |
5.55 cm | |
10.32 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 3
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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 3 (pdf)