Orbit-related sea level errors for TOPEX altimetry at seasonal to decadal timescales

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: S. Esselborn, S. Rudenko, T. Schöne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Géodésie; Pacific; Southern Ocean; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-205-2018; https://www.ocean-sci.net/14/205/2018/os-14-205-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/41dd98852c5d484ea1ac6d533ebafaf1

Interannual to decadal sea level trends are indicators of climate variability and change. A major source of global and regional sea level data is satellite radar altimetry, which relies on precise knowledge of the satellite's orbit. Here, we assess the error budget of the radial orbit component...