The latency Jason-3 near-real time Operational Geophysical Data Records (OGDR) over the past year is examined using timeliness statistics against the requirement that product distribution be less than 3 hours from data collection. Major gaps in the ODGR production will be addressed, as well as periods of large latencies.

Latency calculations have been automated using the ProPro-005 algorithm as outlined in “ALGORITHMS ABOUT JASON-3 TM DATA AVAILABILITY AND OGDR DATA LATENCY, TP4-J0- NT-86- CNES”, 30-Mar-2011 by C. Juan (CNES) and J. Lillibridge (NOAA).

Authors:

Donald Richardson, ERT Corporation, 14401 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 300, Laurel, MD 20707, U.S.A.
David R. Donahue, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD/SPB, NCWCP 5830 University Research Ct. College Park, MD 20740, U.S.A.