Geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar: design and applications [PDF]
, 2009 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging from geosynchronous orbit has significant potential advantages over conventional low-Earth orbit (LEO) radars, but also challenges to overcome.
Bruno, Davide
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Spatially extensive estimates of annual accumulation in the dry snow zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet determined from radar altimetry [PDF]
, 2010 We present estimates of accumulation rate along a 200 km transect ranging in elevation from 2750 to 3150 m in the dry snow zone on the western slope of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Guo, Q. +21 more
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Using radar altimetry to update a large-scale hydrological model of the Brahmaputra river basin [PDF]
, 2014 Measurements of river and lake water levels from space-borne radar altimeters (past missions include ERS, Envisat, Jason, Topex) are useful for calibration and validation of large-scale hydrological models in poorly gauged river basins.
Berry, P. A. M. +8 more
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Jason-1/Jason-2 metocean comparisons and monitoring [PDF]
, 2010 The initial tandem phase of the Jason-2 mission is important for the calibration of the entire altimetric system, not just the records of sea surface height.
Quartly, Graham D., Graham D. Quartly
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, 2015 Radar altimeters such as TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-2 measure the sea surface height as well as wave height and wind speed, providing key information about the ocean. The U.S.
Mroczek, Austin, Jacobs, Gregg
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, 2014 Since 1991, several altimetry satellites have been launched, each satellite coming with its own, specific, data format. Moreover, high-level data were developed, using yet other formats.
Joël Dor +6 more
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Lake studies from satellite radar altimetry
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2006 For more than 10 years, satellite radar altimetry has been a successful technique for monitoring the variation in elevation of continental surface water, such as inland seas, lakes, rivers, and more recently wetland zones. The surface water level is measured within a terrestrial reference frame with a repeatability varying from 10 ...
Jean-François Crétaux, Charon Birkett
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Getting around Antarctica: new high-resolution mappings of the grounded and freely-floating boundaries of the Antarctic ice sheet created for the International Polar Year [PDF]
, 2011 The boundary of grounded ice and the location of ice transitioning to a freely floating state are mapped at 15-m resolution around the entire continent of Antarctica.
Rotschkly, G. +55 more
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Dual Frequency Radar Altimetry-Measuring Greenland Firn Properties from Space [PDF]
, 2018 For the last eight years, the ESA CryoSat-2 Ku-band radar altimeter has been measuring the elevation of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Ku-band enables surface penetration at firn covered areas, which hampers the direct interpretation of surface elevation ...
Simonsen, S. +3 more
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Inversion of Surface Soil Moisture from Radar Altimetry Backscattering in Semi-Arid Environments
, 2018 International audienceSurface Soil Moisture (SSM) is a key parameter of water and energy balances in semi-arid areas. SSM is linearly related to the radar backscattering coefficients (σ0) over sand.
Fabien Blarel +13 more
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