ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Level_cci): Fundamental Climate Data Records of sea level anomalies and altimeter standards, Version 2.0

As part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Project, Fundamental Climate Data Records (FCDRs) have been computed for all the altimeter missions used within the project. These FCDR's consist of along track values of sea level anomalies and altimeter standards for the period between 1993 and 2015. This version of the product is v2.0.

The FCDR's are mono-mission products, derived from the respective altimeter level-2 products. They have been produced along the tracks of the different altimeters, with a resolution of 1Hz, corresponding to a ground distance close to 6km. The dataset is separated by altimeter mission, and divided into files by altimetric cycle corresponding to the repetivity of the mission.

When using or referring to the Sea Level cci products, please mention the associated DOIs and also use the following citation where a detailed description of the Sea Level_cci project and products can be found:

Ablain, M., Cazenave, A., Larnicol, G., Balmaseda, M., Cipollini, P., Faugère, Y., Fernandes, M. J., Henry, O., Johannessen, J. A., Knudsen, P., Andersen, O., Legeais, J., Meyssignac, B., Picot, N., Roca, M., Rudenko, S., Scharffenberg, M. G., Stammer, D., Timms, G., and Benveniste, J.: Improved sea level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993–2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project, Ocean Sci., 11, 67-82, doi:10.5194/os-11-67-2015, 2015.

For further information on the Sea Level CCI products, and to register for these projects please email: info-sealevel@esa-sealevel-cci.org

Date (Publication): 2017-01-27T17:00:28

Date (Creation): 2017-01-27T17:00:28

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2785ee1ec6274be39d11e7e7ce51b381

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 2785ee1ec6274be39d11e7e7ce51b381

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
ESA Sea Level CCI project team		info-sealevel@esa-sealevel-cci.org	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Cazenave, Anny	Unavailable	Principal investigator
ESA Sea Level CCI project team		info-sealevel@esa-sealevel-cci.org	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Dataset

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_sealevel_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1993-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2015-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are in NetCDF format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2785ee1ec6274be39d11e7e7ce51b381	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/sea_level/data/FCDR/v2.0/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.esa-sealevel-cci.org/node/177	List of publications produced by the Sea Level CCI team

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/sea_level/docs/SLCCI-PUG-029-2-2.pdf	Product User Guide

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.esa-sealevel-cci.org/products	Description of products on the ESA CCI website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/509541/1/os-11-67-2015.pdf	Ablain, M. et al. : Improved sea level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993–2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project, Ocean Sci., 11, 67-82, doi:10.5194/os-11-67-2015, 2015

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data was produced by the ESA SL CCI team and was transferred to CEDA as part of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal project.

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File identifier: 2785ee1ec6274be39d11e7e7ce51b381 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: ESA Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (Sea Level CCI) dataset collection
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-11-17T03:10:52

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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