C-RISe is providing the following satellite data sets to its partners to support the Use Case applications

  • Near Real Time Satellite Measurements of Ocean Winds, Waves and Surface Currents, accessible on a demonstration web page
  • Historical Climatologies of Ocean Winds, Waves and Surface Currents
  • Along-track Satellite Altimeter data, reprocessed by NOC, in Coastal Geophysical Data Records, and time series at nominal points on the satellite track
  • Tide Gauge data selected to support validation and seasonal analyses

The data sets are summarised in the table below and fully described in the Data Specification Document.

The data sets are available on request to info@satoc.eu, or through a data portal developed by CSIR.

Software resources for processing / visualising the data are also available on the training pages.
 

ParameterDescriptionTime coverageSatellites
Total Water Level Envelope, significant wave height, surface radar backscatterAlong track data from the NOC coastal processor2002–2016Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3
Significant Wave Height and Wind Speed ClimatologiesMonthly, 1° × 1° gridded climatologies, sourced from Globwave1992–2014ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat, Topex, Jason-1, 2,3
Significant Wave Height, wind speedNear Real Time along track dataDaily updatedJason-2,
Wind speed and wind directionNear Real Time data across scatterometer swath (25km resolution)Daily updatedMetop/ ASCAT-A
Surface CurrentsDaily updated and archived , 0.25° × 0.25° global grid, sourced from GlobcurrentDaily updated and archived (2002–2016)Globcurrent