A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3
Just as CryoSat-2, Sentinel-3 embarks on board a radar altimeter (SRAL) with the novel Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode that enables higher resolution and more accurate altimeter-derived parameters in the coastal zone, thanks to the reduced along-track footprint. Exploiting the SAR data in the re...
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fthzgzmk:oai:publications.hereon.de:40052 2023-06-11T04:15:07+02:00 A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 Dinardo, S. Fenoglio-Marc, L. Becker, M. Fernandes, J. Staneva, J. Grayek, S. Benveniste, J. 2021 https://publications.hereon.de/id/40052 https://publications.hzg.de/id/40052 en eng Elsevier https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.004 urn:issn:0273-1177 https://publications.hereon.de/id/40052 https://publications.hzg.de/id/40052 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess issn:0273-1177 Dinardo, S.; Fenoglio-Marc, L.; Becker, M.; Fernandes, J.; Staneva, J.; Grayek, S.; Benveniste, J.: A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3. In: Advances in Space Research. Vol. 68 (2021) 2, 892 - 929. (DOI: /10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.004) info:eu-repo/semantics/article Zeitschrift Artikel 2021 fthzgzmk https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.004 2023-05-28T23:25:16Z Just as CryoSat-2, Sentinel-3 embarks on board a radar altimeter (SRAL) with the novel Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode that enables higher resolution and more accurate altimeter-derived parameters in the coastal zone, thanks to the reduced along-track footprint. Exploiting the SAR data in the recent years, many researchers have already proven that the performance of SAR altimetry with specific coastal retrackers is superior to collocated Pseudo-Low Resolution Mode (PLRM) coastal altimetry algorithms but they also pointed out that residual errors due to land contamination are still present in the very proximity of the land (0–3 km). The objective of this work is to further improve these results by exploiting extra information provided by SAR altimeters, namely the so-called Range Integrated Power (RIP), the new waveform built by a simple integration of the Doppler beams in the range direction. The RIP characterizes the backscattering state of the ground cell, towards which all the Doppler beams have been steered. These developments lead to a new retracker, here coined SAMOSA++, in which the RIP, as computed from the L1B-S data, is converted into a surface backscattering profile and directly integrated in the SAMOSA retracker as part of the model formulation itself. In this way, the modified SAMOSA model is automatically and autonomously able to cope with the different return waveform shapes from different surface types: either diffusive or specular. The mean square slope computed from the RIP is also estimated, representing a new output of the retracker. The performance of this new retracker is here cross-compared against its previous version, SAMOSA+, and against the standard Sentinel-3 marine PDGS (Payload Data Ground Segment) SAR retracker (SAMOSA2) in both coastal zone and open ocean in order to ensure a seamless transition between these zones. The new retracker SAMOSA++ is validated in the North East Atlantic region, where appropriate in situ validation data are available. The retrievals from the new ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Hereon Publications (Helmholtz-Zentrum) Advances in Space Research 68 2 892 929 |
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Just as CryoSat-2, Sentinel-3 embarks on board a radar altimeter (SRAL) with the novel Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode that enables higher resolution and more accurate altimeter-derived parameters in the coastal zone, thanks to the reduced along-track footprint. Exploiting the SAR data in the recent years, many researchers have already proven that the performance of SAR altimetry with specific coastal retrackers is superior to collocated Pseudo-Low Resolution Mode (PLRM) coastal altimetry algorithms but they also pointed out that residual errors due to land contamination are still present in the very proximity of the land (0–3 km). The objective of this work is to further improve these results by exploiting extra information provided by SAR altimeters, namely the so-called Range Integrated Power (RIP), the new waveform built by a simple integration of the Doppler beams in the range direction. The RIP characterizes the backscattering state of the ground cell, towards which all the Doppler beams have been steered. These developments lead to a new retracker, here coined SAMOSA++, in which the RIP, as computed from the L1B-S data, is converted into a surface backscattering profile and directly integrated in the SAMOSA retracker as part of the model formulation itself. In this way, the modified SAMOSA model is automatically and autonomously able to cope with the different return waveform shapes from different surface types: either diffusive or specular. The mean square slope computed from the RIP is also estimated, representing a new output of the retracker. The performance of this new retracker is here cross-compared against its previous version, SAMOSA+, and against the standard Sentinel-3 marine PDGS (Payload Data Ground Segment) SAR retracker (SAMOSA2) in both coastal zone and open ocean in order to ensure a seamless transition between these zones. The new retracker SAMOSA++ is validated in the North East Atlantic region, where appropriate in situ validation data are available. The retrievals from the new ... |
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Dinardo, S. Fenoglio-Marc, L. Becker, M. Fernandes, J. Staneva, J. Grayek, S. Benveniste, J. A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 |
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A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 |
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A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 |
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A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 |
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A RIP-based SAR retracker and its application in North East Atlantic with Sentinel-3 |
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