Lively data: discover, browse and access ocean altimetry data on internet

摘要

The Products and Services (P&S) department in the Space OceanographyDivision at CLS (Collecte, Localisation, Satellites) is in charge ofdistributing and promoting altimetry and operational oceanography data. Thedepartment is thus involved in the Aviso satellite altimetry project (theFrench service which distributes altimetry products since 1992), in theMercator ocean operational forecasting system, and in the European Godae/Merseaocean portal. Aiming to a standardisation and a common vision andmanagement of all these ocean data, all these projects, led to theimplementation of several Opendap/LAS Internet servers (Baudel et al., 2004).Some of the possibilities of the tools, as well as how-to information willbe highlighted, as they are in the "Lively data' section of Aviso website(see http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/html/donnees/las/).Moreover, with a two-year experience we now have some feedback and analysisof how people – users, would-be users and students alike – are using thistool, some ideas for possible enhancements, etc.