On the role of the troposphere in satellite altimetry

MJ Fernandes, C Lázaro, T Vieira - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Satellite radar altimetry is nowadays a powerful and attractive Earth Observation technique
of major importance in several applications such as the study of mean sea level change (a …

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 mission: Enhanced continuity of satellite sea level measurements from space

CJ Donlon, R Cullen, L Giulicchi, P Vuilleumier… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the considerable range of applications within the European Union Copernicus
system, sustained satellite altimetry missions are required to address operational, science …

Satellite altimetry

DB Chelton, JC Ries, BJ Haines, LL Fu… - International …, 2001 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The basic concept of satellite altimetry is to measure the range from the
satellite to the sea surface. The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with …

Комплексный спутниковый мониторинг морей России

ОЮ Лаврова, АГ Костяной, СА Лебедев… - 2011 - elibrary.ru
В монографии обобщены теоретические основы и имеющийся многолетний опыт
проведения комплексного спутникового мониторинга экологического состояния морей …

Propagation delays induced in GPS signals by dry air, water vapor, hydrometeors, and other particulates

FS Solheim, J Vivekanandan, RH Ware… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Dry air, water vapor, hydrometeors, and other particulates (sand, dust, aerosols, and
volcanic ash) in the atmosphere introduce microwave propagation delays. These delays …

[HTML][HTML] Improved wet path delays for all ESA and reference altimetric missions

MJ Fernandes, C Lázaro, M Ablain, N Pires - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The wet tropospheric correction (WTC) is still a significant error source in most altimetric
products. For studies such as sea level change, as those performed in the scope of the ESA …

A novel near-land radiometer wet path-delay retrieval algorithm: Application to the Jason-2/OSTM advanced microwave radiometer

S Brown - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An algorithm is developed to retrieve wet tropospheric path delay (PD) near land from a
satellite microwave radiometer to improve coastal altimetry studies. Microwave radiometers …

Calibration of TOPEX/POSEIDON at platform harvest

EJ Christensen, BJ Haines, SJ Keihm… - Journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
We present estimates for the mean bias of the TOPEX/POSEIDON NASA altimeter (ALT) and
the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales altimeter (SSALT) using in situ data gathered at …

Absolute calibration in bass strait, Australia: TOPEX, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2

C Watson, N White, J Church, R Burgette… - Marine …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Updated absolute bias estimates are presented from the Bass Strait calibration site
(Australia) for the TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P), Jason-1 and the Ocean Surface Topography …

TOPEX/Poseidon Microwave Radiometer (TMR). I. Instrument description and antenna temperature calibration

CS Ruf, SJ Keihm, MA Janssen - IEEE Transactions on …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The TOPEX/Poseidon microwave radiometer (TMR) is a three-frequency radiometer flown
on the TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) satellite in low Earth orbit. It operates at 18, 21, and 37 GHz in …