Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences

• Main Author: Lebedev, Sergey (auth)
• Other Authors: Andersen, Ole (auth), Frappart, Frédéric (auth), Ramillien, Guillaume (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• 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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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...