DOI 10.17882/105378 This dataset contains all satellite altimeter wave heights above 9 m, from the following satellite missions: ERS-1, ERS-2, Topex-Poseidon (Topex only), Envisat, SARAL, Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B, Sentinel-6A, Cryosat-2, CFOSAT, SWOT. Storm event identification used the DetectHsStorm package developed by M. De Carlo and F. Ardhuin ( https://github.com/ardhuin/) . This data can be combined with modeled storm tracks (see F. Ardhuin, M. De Carlo, Storm tracks based on wave heights from LOPS WAVEWATCH III hindcast and ERA5 reanalysis, years 1991-2024, SEANOE (2025). doi: 10.17882/105148 )
Physical oceanography
storms, altimetry, wave heights
88N, -78S, -180E, 180W
These data are from NASA, CNES, Eumetsat and ESA. See https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Sea_State_cci_PUG_v3.1-signed.pdf for details, except for CFOSAT and SWOT (these are GDR data from CNES):
https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/missions/current-missions/swot/instruments/poseidon-3c.html
and Tourain et al. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3064236.
| File | Size | Format | Processing | Access | |
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This archive contains data from CCI Seastate L2P product (version 4) and the Geophysical Data Records (GDR) for CFOSAT and SWOT. | 162 Mo | tar.gz archive | Processed data | ||
Maximum wave heights for storms detected by satellite altimeters | 4 Mo | tar.gz archive | Processed data | ||
summary table of the the largest modeled wave heights and associated satellite alt. measurements | 215 Ko | CSV | Processed data |
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