Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences

Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences

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Satellite altimetry is a radar technique for measuring the topography of the Earth's surface. It was initially designed for measuring the ocean's topography, with reference to an ellipsoid, and for the determination of the marine geoid. Satellite altimetry has provided extremely valuable i...

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Main Author: Lebedev, Sergey (auth)
Other Authors: Andersen, Ole (auth), Frappart, Frédéric (auth), Ramillien, Guillaume (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
Subjects:
water level
ALES
wet path delay
CryoSat-2
water volume transport
water level time series
storm surge
filtering
validation
polar ocean
ocean tides
satellite altimetry
lake level
classification
ENVISAT
numerical modelling
PISTACH
water levels
evaporation
geodesy
waveform
ALES retracker
waveform retracking
unsupervised classification
CryosSat-2 SAR
peakiness
Envisat
Jason-2
calibration
SARAL
ACC
microwave radiometer
ocean geostrophy
data processing
fine scale
SWOT
orbit decay
Aral Sea
geodetic orbit
radar altimetry
oceanography
streamflow
K-medoids
retracking
ice
SWOT simulator
coastal altimetry
Ka-band
western Mediterranean Sea
topography of the intertidal zone
FVCOM
HY-2A
inland water
tide gauge
discharge
ERS-2
marine gravity
wet tropospheric correction
South China Sea
stack data
upper layer thickness
drifting orbit
hydrology
Sentinel-3
two-layer ocean model
satellite geodesy
Fram Strait
space gravity
leads
satellite altimeter
range precision
sensor calibration
ROMS model
X-TRACK
SAR
Inner Niger Delta
Greenland Sea
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Mekong Basin
altimetry
Hong Kong coast
soil moisture
Argo
Southern Ocean
Landsat
dielectric permittivity
sea surface height
lake volume
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Summary:Satellite altimetry is a radar technique for measuring the topography of the Earth's surface. It was initially designed for measuring the ocean's topography, with reference to an ellipsoid, and for the determination of the marine geoid. Satellite altimetry has provided extremely valuable information on ocean science (e.g., circulation surface geostrophic currents, eddy structures, wave heights, and the propagation of oceanic Kelvin and Rossby waves). With more than 25 years of observations, it is also becoming vital to climate research, providing accurate measurements of sea level variations from regional to global scales. Altimetry has also demonstrated a strong potential for geophysical, cryospheric, and hydrological research and is now commonly used for the monitoring of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheet topography and of terrestrial surface water levels. This book aims to present reviews and recent advances of general interest in the use of radar altimetry in Earth sciences. Manuscripts are related to any aspect of radar altimetry technique or geophysical applications. We also encourage manuscripts resulting from the application of new altimetric technology (SAR, SARin, and Ka band) and improvements expected from missions to be launched in the near future (i.e., SWOT).
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (484 p.)
ISBN:books978-3-03897-681-3
9783038976806
9783038976813
Access:Open Access

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