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Sea Surface Height

Data Set (DS)  |  Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66178  |  Updated: May 30, 2023  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Spatial Info
Access Info
Distribution Info
Tech Environment
Data Quality
Lineage
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Sea Surface Height, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66178.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Monthly and annual summary of global sea surface height anomalies above mean sea surface, averaged from raw data. Raw data available from Oct. 2, 1992 to May 14, 2016, at 5 day intervals, with a spatial resolution of 0.17 degrees (Latitude) x 0.17 degrees (Longitude). Dataset contains the fully corrected heights, in meters.

Distribution Information

Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans, planningCadastre

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-179.999989° W, 179.895967° E, 74.69367° N, -17.555° S

Item Identification

Title: Sea Surface Height
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Abstract:

Monthly and annual summary of global sea surface height anomalies above mean sea surface, averaged from raw data. Raw data available from Oct. 2, 1992 to May 14, 2016, at 5 day intervals, with a spatial resolution of 0.17 degrees (Latitude) x 0.17 degrees (Longitude). Dataset contains the fully corrected heights, in meters.
Purpose:

To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Supplemental Information:

Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
UNCONTROLLED
None coastal
None renewable energy

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Exclusive Economic Zone
None Outer Continental Shelf
None Territorial Sea
None United States of America

Physical Location

City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

annualMean
Distribution Liability:

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
Data Set Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1116365
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1116375
W° Bound: -179.999989
E° Bound: 179.895967
N° Bound: 74.69367
S° Bound: -17.555

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 1178538
Topology Level: Planar Graph
Complex Object Present?: No
Composite Object Present?: No
Curve Object Present?: No
Point Object Present?: No
Solid Object Present?: No
Surface Object Present?: Yes

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 1178539

Coordinate Reference System
CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4269
EPSG Name: NAD83
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Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121374
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1116366
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/SeaSurfaceHeight.zip
Distributor:
File Name: Sea Surface Heights

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Untested
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
Completeness Report:

Untested
Conceptual Consistency:

These data are logically consistent

Lineage

Sources

Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Version 1609

CC ID: 1116372
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2018-08-01
Citation URL: https://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEA_SURFACE_HEIGHT_ALT_GRIDS_L4_2SATS_5DAY_6THDEG_V_JPL1609?ids=Measurement:ProcessingLevel&values=Sea%20Surface%20Topography:*4*
Citation URL Name: Source Online Linkage
Citation URL Description:

URL where the source data were originally accessed.
Source Contribution:

Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Version 1609 Monthly and Annual Summaries

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1116373
Description:

(1) Data were downloaded from: https://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEA_SURFACE_HEIGHT_ALT_GRIDS_L4_2SATS_5DAY_6THDEG_V_JPL1609?ids=Measurement:ProcessingLevel&values=Sea%20Surface%20Topography:*4*.

(2) NetCDFs were converted to raster datasets (in total 1,725 Files, ~26 GB).

(3) From the 5 day global composites, a monthly mean for every year was generated.

(4) The monthly means were averaged together for all years (1992-2016) so that each month of the year has a Mean, Min, Max, and STD raster data layer.

(5) Additionally the monthly averaged data were averaged by year, and all years 1993-2015 (n=23) were averaged together generating a raster for the Mean, Min, Max, and STD (1992 and 2016 were excluded due to missing monthly data which may skew the results).
Process Date/Time: 2018-08-01 00:00:00

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 66178
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66178
Metadata Record Created By: Brianna Key
Metadata Record Created: 2021-12-22 04:58+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:10+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-12-22
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-12-22
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-12-22