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...

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Published in:Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Main Authors: Cipollini, Paolo, Vignudelli, Stefano, Benveniste, Jérôme
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Sea ice
Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363167/
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spelling ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:363167 2023-07-30T04:06:45+02:00 The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters Cipollini, Paolo Vignudelli, Stefano Benveniste, Jérôme 2014-02-25 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/363167/ English eng Cipollini, Paolo, Vignudelli, Stefano and Benveniste, Jérôme (2014) The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters. Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95 (8), p72. (doi:10.1002/2014EO080006 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014EO080006>). Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1002/2014EO080006 2023-07-09T21:52:05Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 95 8 72 72
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description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Cipollini, Paolo
Vignudelli, Stefano
Benveniste, Jérôme
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Vignudelli, Stefano
Benveniste, Jérôme
The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
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Vignudelli, Stefano
Benveniste, Jérôme
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title The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
title_short The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
title_full The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
title_fullStr The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
title_full_unstemmed The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters
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