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15.05.2009 09:09 Age: 16 yrs

The DEM was successfully uploaded on OSTM/Jason-2

Category: News of the Jason-2 mission

The DEM upload was finished the 13th of May around 13:15 UTC, and the altimeter Poseidon-3 was successfully restarted. The system will experience no more data loss due to this uploading, and the DEM assessment is currently in progress by the experts.
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Missing measurements for the altimeter Poseidon-3 on Jason-2 during the DEM upload from the 2009/05/11 12:00 UTC to 2009/05/13 13:15 UTC. Measurements were particularly missing over the "visibility circles" of the Jason-2 ground stations: Usingen (USG), Wallops (WCDAS), and Fairbanks (FCDAS). Credits Ssalto/Duacs.

For the record:

  • <link internal-link>The Poseidon-3 altimeter equipped with a DEM
  • News of the Jason-2 mission: <link http: www.aviso.oceanobs.com en news-storage news-detail _top external-link-new-window>Interruption of OSTM/Jason-2 altimetry data (2009/05/11)