Ensuring that the Sentinel-3A altimeter provides climate-quality data

• Published in: Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, Coastal Waters, and Large Water Regions 2017
• Main Authors: Quartly, GD, Nencioli, F, Labroue, S, Féménias, P, Scharroo, R, Abdalla, S, Bonnefond, P, Cancet, M, Frery, ML, Raynal, M, Baker, S, Muir, A, Brockley, D, Shepherd, A, Garcia, P, Roca, M, Calmant, S, Cretaux, JF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPIE 2017
• Subjects: Earth Observation - Remote Sensing; Oceanography; The Sentinel; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7576/; https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10422/2277593/Ensuring-that-the-Sentinel-3A-altimeter-provides-climate-quality-data/10.1117/12.2277593.short; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277593

Sentinel-3A, launched in February 2016, is part of ESA's long-term commitment to climate monitoring from space. Its suite of instruments for measuring surface topography includes a Microwave Radiometer (MWR) and SRAL, the first delay-Doppler instrument to provide global coverage. SRAL promises...