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Data format and file compression
The OSTIA data are provided in GHRSST-PP L4
(GDSv1.7) netCDF format and have been compressed using the
Bzip2 compressor. Bzip2 provides 50% more compression
than conventional GNU gzip files making each OSTIA full resolution data file
~10 MB in size. Decompression software for Bzip2 archives is freely available from the
Bzip2 web site.
Data use policy
These data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or
other application and all usage must meet the Met Office
Standard Terms and Conditions. The data may be used for a maximum period of 5 years. Reproduction of the data is
permitted provided the following copyright statement is included:
© Crown Copyright 2007, published by the Met Office
Important: You must submit a completed
data licence application form before the using the data. If you wish to use copies of the images from these pages, please complete an image reproduction form. This only needs to be completed once for each user.
NOTE that the data should be considered experimental and is currently under development. The data has not yet undergone rigorous validation and the accuracy is not guaranteed in any way.
Latest analysis data file
The OSTIA analysis runs each day at ~14:00GMT and uses all data avialable at that time from the previous 24 hours.
The latest analysis available is [here].
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