The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimetry is rapidly becoming the most efficient way to measure small-scale changes in elevations of ice, land, and water surfaces as well as sea ice thickness. This new generation altimeter, first launched on board the CryoSat-2 satellite, fires 10 times more radar pu...
Published in: | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363167/ |
Summary: | Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimetry is rapidly becoming the most efficient way to measure small-scale changes in elevations of ice, land, and water surfaces as well as sea ice thickness. This new generation altimeter, first launched on board the CryoSat-2 satellite, fires 10 times more radar pulses per second than the previous generation and exploits the motion of the spacecraft to achieve a 20-fold increase in along-track resolution and twofold improvement in its accuracy. |
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