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Dataset Title:	DT merged all satellites Global Ocean Gridded SSALTO/DUACS Sea Surface Height L4 product and derived variables
Institution:	CLS, CNES (Dataset ID: SEA_SURFACE_HEIGHT_2003_v3)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	365	1 day (even)

latitude (degrees_north)	720	0.25 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	1440	0.25 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

adt (Absolute dynamic topography, m)

ugos (Absolute geostrophic velocity: zonal component, m/s)

vgos (Absolute geostrophic velocity: meridian component, m/s)

sla (Sea level anomaly, m)

ugosa (Geostrophic velocity anomalies: zonal component, m/s)

vgosa (Geostrophic velocity anomalies: meridian component, m/s)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.0413792e+9, 1.0728288e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range -89.875, 89.875;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 89.875;
    Float64 valid_min -89.875;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -179.875, 179.875;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 179.875;
    Float64 valid_min -179.875;
  }
  adt {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 2.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -2.0;
    String comment "The absolute dynamic topography is the sea surface height above geoid; the adt is obtained as follows: adt=sla+mdt where mdt is the mean dynamic topography; see the product user manual for details";
    String ioos_category "Bathymetry";
    String long_name "Absolute dynamic topography";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_height_above_geoid";
    String units "m";
  }
  ugos {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Absolute geostrophic velocity: zonal component";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  vgos {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Absolute geostrophic velocity: meridian component";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  sla {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -1.0;
    String comment "The sea level anomaly is the sea surface height above mean sea surface; it is referenced to the [1993, 2012] period; see the product user manual for details";
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Sea level anomaly";
    String standard_name "sea_surface_height_above_sea_level";
    String units "m";
  }
  ugosa {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String comment "The geostrophic velocity anomalies are referenced to the [1993, 2012] period";
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Geostrophic velocity anomalies: zonal component";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  vgosa {
    Float64 _FillValue 0.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -0.5;
    String comment "The geostrophic velocity anomalies are referenced to the [1993, 2012] period";
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Geostrophic velocity anomalies: meridian component";
    String standard_name "surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid";
    String units "m/s";
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String comment "Sea Surface Height measured by Altimetry and derived variables";
    String contact "servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu";
    String creator_name "CMEMS - Sea Level Thematic Assembly Center";
    String creator_type "group";
    String creator_url "http://marine.copernicus.eu";
    String date_created "2021-07-27T03:49:02Z";
    String date_issued "2021-07-27T03:49:02Z";
    String date_modified "2021-07-27T03:49:02Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.875;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.25;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String geospatial_vertica_resolution "point";
    String history 
"2021-07-27 03:49:04Z: Creation
2025-04-30T09:50:37Z (local files)
2025-04-30T09:50:37Z https://erddap.aoml.noaa.gov/hdb/erddap/griddap/SEA_SURFACE_HEIGHT_2003_v3.das";
    String infoUrl "http://marine.copernicus.eu";
    String institution "CLS, CNES";
    String keywords "above, absolute, adt, all, anomalies, anomaly, assuming, bathymetry, centre, circulation, cls, cnes, collecte, component, currents, data, derived, duacs, dynamic, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Circulation > Ocean Currents, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Topography > Sea Surface Height, Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Surface Topography > Sea Surface Height, Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geodetics/Gravity > Geoid Properties, eastward, etudes, geodetics, geoid, geostrophic, global, gravity, gridded, height, L4, latitude, level, localisation, longitude, merged, meridian, national, northward, ocean, oceans, product, properties, satellites, science, sea, sea level, sea_surface_height_above_geoid, sea_surface_height_above_sea_level, seawater, sla, solid, spatiales, ssalto, ssh, surface, surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity, surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid, surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity, surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid, time, topography, ugos, ugosa, velocity, vgos, vgosa, water, zonal";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "http://marine.copernicus.eu/web/27-service-commitments-and-licence.php";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 89.875;
    String platform "Envisat, Geosat Follow On, Jason-1, Topex/Poseidon Interleaved";
    String processing_level "L4";
    String product_version "vDec2021";
    String project "COPERNICUS MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING SERVICE (CMEMS)";
    String references "http://marine.copernicus.eu";
    String software_version "7.0_DUACS_DT2021_baseline";
    String source "Altimetry measurements";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.875;
    String ssalto_duacs_comment "The reference mission used for the altimeter inter-calibration processing is Topex/Poseidon between 1993-01-01 and 2002-04-23, Jason-1 between 2002-04-24 and 2008-10-18, OSTM/Jason-2 between 2008-10-19 and 2016-06-25, Jason-3 since 2016-06-25.";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "SSALTO/DUACS Delayed-Time Level-4 sea surface height and derived variables measured by multi-satellite altimetry observations over Global Ocean.";
    String time_coverage_duration "P1D";
    String time_coverage_end "2003-12-31T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "P1D";
    String time_coverage_start "2003-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "DT merged all satellites Global Ocean Gridded SSALTO/DUACS Sea Surface Height L4 product and derived variables";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.875;
  }
}

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