Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences

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
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520 |a 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). 
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653 |a polar ocean 
653 |a ocean tides 
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653 |a lake level 
653 |a classification 
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653 |a numerical modelling 
653 |a PISTACH 
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653 |a Aral Sea 
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653 |a radar altimetry 
653 |a oceanography 
653 |a streamflow 
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653 |a retracking 
653 |a ice 
653 |a SWOT simulator 
653 |a coastal altimetry 
653 |a Ka-band 
653 |a western Mediterranean Sea 
653 |a topography of the intertidal zone 
653 |a FVCOM 
653 |a HY-2A 
653 |a inland water 
653 |a tide gauge 
653 |a discharge 
653 |a ERS-2 
653 |a marine gravity 
653 |a wet tropospheric correction 
653 |a South China Sea 
653 |a stack data 
653 |a upper layer thickness 
653 |a drifting orbit 
653 |a hydrology 
653 |a Sentinel-3 
653 |a two-layer ocean model 
653 |a satellite geodesy 
653 |a Fram Strait 
653 |a space gravity 
653 |a leads 
653 |a satellite altimeter 
653 |a range precision 
653 |a sensor calibration 
653 |a ROMS model 
653 |a X-TRACK 
653 |a SAR 
653 |a Inner Niger Delta 
653 |a Greenland Sea 
653 |a Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) 
653 |a Mekong Basin 
653 |a altimetry 
653 |a Hong Kong coast 
653 |a soil moisture 
653 |a Argo 
653 |a Southern Ocean 
653 |a Landsat 
653 |a dielectric permittivity 
653 |a sea surface height 
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