Jason-2

Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) - This satellite altimetry mission provides sea surface heights for determining ocean circulation, climate change and sea-level rise

Launched in:	2008
Out of service since:	2019
Repeat cycle:	9.9 days
Orbit height:	1336 km
Orbit type:	Non Sun Synchronous
Organisation:	NOAA
Ended its science mission on 1 Oct 2019.

Jason-2 websites

Information

NASA JPL - Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR)
AVISO - Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR)
AVISO - Poseidon-3 radar altimeter
NASA JPL - Poseidon radar altimeter
AVISO - Jason 2 mission
CNES - Jason 1 and 2
ILRS - Jason-2
NASA JPL - Ocean Surface Topography missions

Data ordering

NOAA NCEI - Jason 2,3 archive
CNES Aviso - Products guide
ESA/CNES - BRAT: Broadview Radar Altimetry Toolbox
EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access
Copernicus - Marine env. & monit. Service
EUMETSAT - Data Center info

On Board Sensors

AMR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer)

DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite)

LRA (Jason) (Laser Retroreflector Array)

Poseidon-3 (Altimeter)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 18.7 GHz (Microwave)
Band 23.8 GHz (Microwave)
Band 34.0 GHz (Microwave)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 1 (2.03625 GHz) (Radio)
Band 2 (401.25 MHz) (Radio)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band C-band (5.3 GHz) (SAR-C)
Band Ku-band (13.575 GHz) (Microwave)

Jason-2

Jason-2 websites

On Board Sensors

Sensor Bands

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