Brief communication: Ice sheet elevation measurements from the Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B tandem phase

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. McMillan, A. Muir, C. Donlon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; The Sentinel; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: 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

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...