Gulf of Mexico Near Real-Time Altimeter Viewer

Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado, Boulder

NOTE: We now have new altimetry data viewers located at:

http://eddy.colorado.edu/ccar/data_viewer/index

The new website hosts our reanalysis SSH product and our new realtime SSH product. It also hosts MODIS Ocean color, MODIS Sea Surface Temperature and GOES Sea Surface Temperature data. Please start migrating to the new website. We will continue to maintain this page for a brief period of time, but we plan on eventually redirecting traffic from this website to the new website. Thanks!

Welcome to the CCAR Gulf of Mexico Near Real-Time Sea Surface Height Data Viewer. This page allows you to view maps of the sea surface height for the Gulf of Mexico. Maps are produced from Jason, TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P), Geosat Follow-On(GFO), ERS-2 and Envisat altimeter data processed in near real-time, usually within 12 to 36 hours of overflight. An analysis product is based on the latest 10 days of Jason and T/P, and 17 days of GFO and 35 days of ERS-2 and Envisat sampling, if available. See Satellite Dates for more information.

This page is hosted by the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Map Input Options

Analysis Date:
Only data for dates up to and including the default date (the date displayed in the selection box upon initial loading of the page or the date displayed by clicking the "Reset Values" button) can be viewed.

Month	Day	Year

Geographical Region of Interest:
EAST LONGITUDE (in degrees)
minimum maximum

LATITUDE (in degrees)
minimum maximum

Model Mean:
Add model mean Do not add model mean

Bathymetry:
Plot only data in water deeper than: meters

Draw Deepwater Horizon Location: On Off

Map Formatting Options:

Contouring Options:
Show Contours No Contours
Anotate Contours No Anotation

Degree Format:
Longitudes go from 0 to 360. Latitudes go from -90 to 90.
Longitudes go from -180 to 180. Latitudes go from -90 to 90.
Longitudes are unsigned 0 to 180. Latitudes are unsigned 0 to 90.
Longitudes are unsigned 0 to 180 with letters E or W appended. Latitudes are unsigned 0 to 90 with letters N or S appended.

Color Palette:

Interval:
Interval (in cm) between tick marks on color bar:

Range of Data Values to Apply Color Palette: (integer values only)
Minimum (in centimeters): Maximum (in centimeters):

Output Options:

File Orientation:
Portrait Landscape

File Format:
GIF PostScript Google Earth KML

Questions? Comments?

Send mail to the CCAR Real-time Altimeter Data Research Group.

Page created and maintained by the CCAR Real-Time Altimeter Data Group.