Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress
achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology …

Precise orbit determination of LEO satellites: a systematic review

K Selvan, A Siemuri, FS Prol, P Välisuo, MZH Bhuiyan… - GPS Solutions, 2023 - Springer
The need for precise orbit determination (POD) has grown significantly due to the increased
amount of space-based activities taking place at an accelerating pace. Accurate POD …

Contemporary sea level changes from satellite altimetry: What have we learned? What are the new challenges?

A Cazenave, H Palanisamy, M Ablain - Advances in Space Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the early 1990s, high-precision multi-mission satellite altimetry has provided a 25-year-
long sea level record from which global mean sea level rise and superimposed interannual …

The ILRS: approaching 20 years and planning for the future

MR Pearlman, CE Noll, EC Pavlis, FG Lemoine… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) was established by the
International Association of Geodesy (IAG) in 1998 to support programs in geodesy …

Precise comparisons of bottom‐pressure and altimetric ocean tides

RD Ray - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A new set of pelagic tide determinations is constructed from seafloor pressure
measurements obtained at 151 sites in the deep ocean. To maximize precision of estimated …

On the “Cal‐Mode” correction to TOPEX satellite altimetry and its effect on the global mean sea level time series

BD Beckley, PS Callahan… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Comparison of satellite altimetry against a high‐quality network of tide gauges
suggests that sea‐surface heights from the TOPEX altimeter may be biased by±5 mm, in an …

Experiments in reconstructing twentieth-century sea levels

RD Ray, BC Douglas - Progress in Oceanography, 2011 - Elsevier
One approach to reconstructing historical sea level from the relatively sparse tide-gauge
network is to employ Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOFs) as interpolatory spatial basis …

Adjustable box-wing model for solar radiation pressure impacting GPS satellites

CJ Rodriguez-Solano, U Hugentobler… - Advances in Space …, 2012 - Elsevier
One of the major uncertainty sources affecting Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite
orbits is the direct solar radiation pressure. In this paper a new model for the solar radiation …

Geocenter motion and its geodetic and geophysical implications

X Wu, J Ray, T van Dam - Journal of Geodynamics, 2012 - Elsevier
The horizontal transport of water in Earth's surface layer, including sea level change,
deglaciation, and surface runoff, is a manifestation of many geophysical processes. These …

The international DORIS service (IDS): toward maturity

P Willis, H Fagard, P Ferrage, FG Lemoine… - Advances in space …, 2010 - Elsevier
DORIS is one of the four space-geodetic techniques participating in the Global Geodetic
Observing System (GGOS), particularly to maintain and disseminate the Terrestrial …