OGDR/(I)GDR data

OSTM/Jason-2

For the Jason-2 IGDR and GDR family products, dedicated reading software are available at ftp://avisoftp.cnes.fr/AVISO/pub/jason-2/documentation/software/.They are provided for the NetCDF format. A Readme is available in the sub-directories containing the programs.

For the Jason-2 OGDR family product, two formats are provided:

•  A NetCDF format, see detailed description on ftp://avisoftp.cnes.fr/AVISO/pub/jason-2/documentation/software/,
• an additionnally BUFR-formatted dataset (created only for the OSTSM/Jason-2 mission). A BUFR reading software library can be obtained from http://www.ecmwf.int/products/data/software/bufr.html.

Eumetsat puts to users a set of tools for converting netCDF formatted Jason-2 OGDR files into BUFR. Theses documents contain software used to reformat the Jason-2 OGDR data from netCDF to BUFR, the description to identify how the products have been manufactured and the report of the testing results. See detailed description by downloading FIST_Jason2_BUFR_Conversion.tar

Jason-1

Dedicated reading software for Jason-1 (I)GDR and OSDR are available at ftp://avisoftp.cnes.fr/AVISO/pub/jason-1/documentation_gdr_e/
They are provided for the following languages : C, Fortran, IDL, Java, PVWave, VBasic. A Readme is available in the sub-directories containing the programs.

Topex/Poseidon

For Topex/Poseidon MGDR data, reading programs in Fortran (Unix and Vax) are delivered with the CD Roms.

Reading software are available at ftp://ftp.aviso.oceanobs.com/pub/oceano/AVISO/software/