SARRA, A Computer Program for the Short ARC Reduction of Radar Altimetry.

The program SARRA exploits short arc reduction of radar altimetry in determining the geoid surface in the North Atlantic. Unlike other approaches in the use of satellite altimetry, SARRA does not require highly accurate orbits of 1 to 2 meters. The major advantage offered by the short arc approach i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trotter,Jerry E.
Other Authors: DBA SYSTEMS INC MELBOURNE FLA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Geodesy
*Radio altimeters
*Geodesy
North Atlantic Ocean
Satellite tracking systems
Computer programming
SARRA computer program
Radar altimeters
Geoids
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0786479
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0786479
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Summary:The program SARRA exploits short arc reduction of radar altimetry in determining the geoid surface in the North Atlantic. Unlike other approaches in the use of satellite altimetry, SARRA does not require highly accurate orbits of 1 to 2 meters. The major advantage offered by the short arc approach is that it in no way depends on the establishment of a highly accurate reference orbit and thus places only minimal requirements on satellite tracking by external systems. (Author)

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