Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase
Over the coming decade, the quartet of Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite altimeters will provide a continuous record of ice sheet elevation change. Ensuring consistency of measurement between the four satellites requires rigorous in-flight inter-comparison. To facilitate this, Sentinel-3B was initiall...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:9b11c886aae0435881a6d2a4ee9ef37e 2023-05-15T16:39:38+02:00 Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase M. McMillan A. Muir C. Donlon 2021-07-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/3129/2021/tc-15-3129-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/article/9b11c886aae0435881a6d2a4ee9ef37e en eng Copernicus Publications doi:10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/3129/2021/tc-15-3129-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/article/9b11c886aae0435881a6d2a4ee9ef37e undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 15, Pp 3129-3134 (2021) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3129-2021 2023-01-22T17:49:34Z Over the coming decade, the quartet of Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite altimeters will provide a continuous record of ice sheet elevation change. Ensuring consistency of measurement between the four satellites requires rigorous in-flight inter-comparison. To facilitate this, Sentinel-3B was initially flown in a unique tandem formation with Sentinel-3A, enabling near-instantaneous, co-located measurements of surface elevation to be acquired. Here, we analyse tandem measurements of ice sheet elevation, to show that both instruments operate with statistically equivalent accuracy and precision, even over complex ice margin terrain. This analysis demonstrates that both satellites can be used interchangeably to study ice sheet evolution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet The Cryosphere Unknown The Sentinel ENVELOPE(73.317,73.317,-52.983,-52.983) The Cryosphere 15 7 3129 3134 |
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Over the coming decade, the quartet of Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite altimeters will provide a continuous record of ice sheet elevation change. Ensuring consistency of measurement between the four satellites requires rigorous in-flight inter-comparison. To facilitate this, Sentinel-3B was initially flown in a unique tandem formation with Sentinel-3A, enabling near-instantaneous, co-located measurements of surface elevation to be acquired. Here, we analyse tandem measurements of ice sheet elevation, to show that both instruments operate with statistically equivalent accuracy and precision, even over complex ice margin terrain. This analysis demonstrates that both satellites can be used interchangeably to study ice sheet evolution. |
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Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase |
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Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase |
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Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase |
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Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase |
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brief communication: ice sheet elevation measurements from the sentinel-3a and sentinel-3b tandem phase |
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