AVISO satellite data of sea surface height at the Gulf of Mexico from 1993 to 2015

[1] Shot description: Monthly AVISO Altimetry Data of sea surface height (zos) from 1993 to 2015
[2] CF Standard Name: sea_surface_height_above_geoid (zos) alias: sea_surface_elevation_anomaly alias: sea_surface_elevation "Height_above_X" means the vertical distance above the named surface X. "Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. The geoid is a surface of constant geopotential with which mean sea level would coincide if the ocean were at rest. (The volume enclosed between the geoid and the sea floor equals the mean volume of water in the ocean). In an ocean GCM the geoid is the surface of zero depth, or the rigid lid if the model uses that approximation. To specify which geoid or geopotential datum is being used as a reference level, a grid_mapping variable should be attached to the data variable as described in Chapter 5.6 of the CF Convention. By definition of the geoid, the global average of the time-mean sea surface height (i.e. mean sea level) above the geoid must be zero. The standard name for the height of the sea surface above mean sea level is sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level. The standard name for the height of the sea surface above the reference ellipsoid is sea_surface_height_above_reference_ellipsoid. Reference: cfconventions.o...
[3] AVISO altimetry observation data of zos: This AVISO data is GLOBAL OCEAN PHYSICS REANALYSIS (GLORYS12V1) Metadata provided by CMEMS. The GLORYS12V1 product is the CMEMS global ocean eddy-resolving (1/12° horizontal resolution and 50 vertical levels) reanalysis covering the altimetry era 1993-2018. It is based largely on the current real-time global forecasting CMEMS system. The model component is the NEMO platform driven at the surface by ECMWF ERA-Interim reanalysis. Observations are assimilated by means of a reduced-order Kalman filter. Along track altimeter data (Sea Level Anomaly), satellite Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration and in situ temperature and salinity vertical profiles are jointly assimilated. This product includes daily and monthly mean files of temperature, salinity, currents, sea level, mixed layer depth and ice parameters from the top to the bottom. The global ocean output files are displayed on a standard regular grid at 1/12° (approximatively 8 km) and on 50 standard levels. Credits: E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information resources.mari...