Ensuring that the Sentinel-3A altimeter provides climate-quality data

• Main Authors: Quartly, GD, Nencioli, F, Labroue, S, Femenias, P, Scharroo, R, Abdalla, S, Bonnefond, P, Cancet, M, Frery, M-L, Raynal, M, Baker, S, Muir, A, Brockley, D, Shepherd, A, Garcia, P, Roca, M, Calmant, S, Cretaux, J-F
• Other Authors: Bostater, CR, Mertikas, SP, Neyt, X, Babichenko, S
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SPIE 2017
• Subjects: Remote Sensing; Optics; climate monitoring; Sentinel; altimeter; calibration/validation; sea surface height; cryosphere; inland waters; sea level; ocean dynamics; CALIBRATION; The Sentinel; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10045020/1/104220R.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10045020/

Sentinel-3A, launched in February 2016, is part of ESA's long-term commitment to climate monitoring from space. Its suite of instruments for measuring surface topography includes a Microwave Radiometer (MWR) and SRAL, the first delay-Doppler instrument to provide global coverage. SRAL promises...