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Data description paper
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09 Jan 2023
Data description paper |
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SDUST2020 MSS: a global 1′ × 1′ mean sea surface model determined from multi-satellite altimetry data
Jiajia Yuan
College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
School of Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology,
Huainan, Anhui, China
College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Chengcheng Zhu
College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
School of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Shandong Jianzhu University,
Jinan, Shandong, China
Zhen Li
College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Xin Liu
College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Jinyao Gao
Second Institute of Oceanography of MNR, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The mean sea surface (MSS) is a relative steady-state sea level within a finite period with important applications in geodesy, oceanography, and other disciplines. In this study, the Shandong University of Science and Technology 2020 (SDUST2020), a new global MSS model, was established with a 19-year moving average method from multi-satellite altimetry data. Its global coverage is from 80 °S to 84 °N, the grid size is 1'×1', and the reference period is from January 1993 to December 2019.
The mean sea surface (MSS) is a relative steady-state sea level within a finite period with...
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