There are several styles of graphic representation available, which may be displayed in postscript or Compuserve GIF format. Data files are generally available 24 to 36 hours after overflight. Images can be generated using data from either of these two satellites or using data from both satellites combined. The images are generated in the same form no matter which satellite is selected. This allows you to select the region of the world for which you would like to create an image of sea surface height data.
All values are in degrees, and all longitude values are in East Longitude.
Minimum values may never exceed maximum values for longitude or latitude. There are three types of plotting styles available for use with the sea surface height visualizer. All three styles plot each point of data at the position it was measured. The Ribbon Plot draws a bar of constant length to either side of the point, perpendicular to the local groundtrack, and colors the bar to indicate the sea surface height. The Absolute Stick plot draws a bar to one side of each data point, perpendicular to the local groundtrack, with the length of the bar indicating the magnitude of the data point, and the color and direction indicating the sign of the data point.