https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.9 2026-05-13T10:52:13.516Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/platforms/987f0e52-e554-475a-b680-50df620a520e OSTM/JASON-2 Date=2021-11-18 User Id=tstevens Entity=BroaderRelation Operation=DELETE User Note=Move Concepts System Note=delete broader relation Old Value=OSTM/JASON-2 [987f0e52-e554-475a-b680-50df620a520e,826534] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,826121] Date=2020-10-28 User Id=tstevens Entity=Definition Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update Definition Old Value=The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 was a follow-on altimetric mission to the very successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission and Jason-1. It was a joint mission between NASA and CNES (French space agency). It launched 20 June 2008 and began data collection on 12 July 2008. OSTM measured significant wave height, sigma naught (sigma0), dry and wet troposphere and ionosphere, which can be used to calculate sea surface height and anomalies and total electron content. https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OSTM-JASON2 Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: OSTM/JASON-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: OSTM/JASON-2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: AMR Short_Name: POSEIDON-3 Short_Name: GPSP Short_Name: LRA Short_Name: DORIS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 1336 km Orbit_Inclination: 66 degrees Repeat_Cycle: 10 Day Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-06-11 Online_Resource: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ostmjason2/ Online_Resource: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/main/index.html Online_Resource: https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/missions/current-missions/jason-2.html Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2008-06-20 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Design_Life: 3 Years Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA Primary_Sponsor: France/CNES Primary_Sponsor: EUMETSAT End_Group End_Group New Value=The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 was a follow-on altimetric mission to the very successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission and Jason-1. It was a joint mission between NASA and CNES (French space agency). It launched 20 June 2008 and began data collection on 12 July 2008. Date=2021-11-18 User Id=tstevens Entity=BroaderRelation Operation=INSERT User Note=Move Concepts System Note=add broader relation New Value=OSTM/JASON-2 [987f0e52-e554-475a-b680-50df620a520e,826534] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,826121] Date=2016-06-09 User Id=epneff Entity=AltLabel Operation=INSERT User Note=added altLabel System Note=insert AltLabel New Value=id: null text: JASON-2 language code: en Date=2020-01-29 User Id=sritz Entity=Definition Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update Definition Old Value=The Ocean Surface Topography Mission on the Jason-2 satellite (OSTM/Jason-2) is a follow-on to the Jason mission. It was launched on June 20 2008. Visit the sections below for more details about the mission. See the Fact Sheet for more information. http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/ostm-fact-sheet.html + Preliminary OST/Jason-2 datasets are now available OSTM/Jason-2: Ancillary Files Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-ANC OSTM/Jason-2: Auxiliary Files Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-AUX OSTM/Jason-2: Orbital Information Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-ORBINFO OSTM/Jason-2: NRTAVS QA Reports Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-QA OSTM/Jason-2: Telemetry Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-TEL OSTM/Jason-2: Level-2 Geophysical Data Records Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-XGDR OSTM/Jason-2: Documentation Link: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?gov.noaa.class.J2-DOC Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: OSTM/JASON-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: OSTM/JASON-2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: AMR Short_Name: POSEIDON-3 Short_Name: GPSP Short_Name: LRA Short_Name: DORIS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 1336 km Orbit_Inclination: 66 degrees Repeat_Cycle: 10 Day Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-06-11 Online_Resource: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ostmjason2/ Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/main/index.html Online_Resource: http://www.osd.noaa.gov/ostm/ Online_Resource: http://smsc.cnes.fr/JASON2/ Online_Resource: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/Jason-2/index.htm Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2008-06-20 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Design_Life: 3 Years Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA Primary_Sponsor: France/CNES Primary_Sponsor: EUMETSAT End_Group End_Group New Value=The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 was a follow-on altimetric mission to the very successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission and Jason-1. It was a joint mission between NASA and CNES (French space agency). It launched 20 June 2008 and began data collection on 12 July 2008. OSTM measured significant wave height, sigma naught (sigma0), dry and wet troposphere and ionosphere, which can be used to calculate sea surface height and anomalies and total electron content. https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OSTM-JASON2 Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: OSTM/JASON-2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: OSTM/JASON-2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: AMR Short_Name: POSEIDON-3 Short_Name: GPSP Short_Name: LRA Short_Name: DORIS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 1336 km Orbit_Inclination: 66 degrees Repeat_Cycle: 10 Day Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-06-11 Online_Resource: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ostmjason2/ Online_Resource: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/main/index.html Online_Resource: https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/missions/current-missions/jason-2.html Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2008-06-20 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Design_Life: 3 Years Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA Primary_Sponsor: France/CNES Primary_Sponsor: EUMETSAT End_Group End_Group Date=2021-11-18 User Id=tstevens Entity=BroaderRelation Operation=DELETE User Note=Move Concepts System Note=delete broader relation Old Value=OSTM/JASON-2 [987f0e52-e554-475a-b680-50df620a520e,826534] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875] Date=2021-11-18 User Id=tstevens Entity=BroaderRelation Operation=INSERT User Note=Move Concepts System Note=add broader relation New Value=OSTM/JASON-2 [987f0e52-e554-475a-b680-50df620a520e,826534] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875] Date=2020-10-28 User Id=tstevens Entity=AltLabel Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update AltLabel Old Value=Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 3 New Value=Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 2 Date=2020-10-06 User Id=mmorahan Entity=AltLabel Operation=INSERT System Note=insert AltLabel New Value=id: null category: primary text: Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 3 language code: en The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 was a follow-on altimetric mission to the very successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission and Jason-1. It was a joint mission between NASA and CNES (French space agency). It launched 20 June 2008 and began data collection on 12 July 2008. 2020-10-28 08:09:47.0