Editorial for Special Issue “Advances in Satellite Altimetry and Its Application”

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Denise Dettmering, Marcello Passaro, Alexander Braun
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: satellite altimetry; remote sensing of the oceans; ocean currents; Polar Regions; inland altimetry; Earth systems; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242913

This special issue compiles studies from different disciplines presenting recent advances in the field of radar and laser altimetry including new and future altimetry missions and their applications. It comprises eight research papers as well as one review paper, and covers method development as well as applications, which target diverse Earth systems (oceans, coastal regions, sea-ice, inland) as well as the Moon.