Preliminary Results of Marine Gravity Recovery by Tiangong-2 Interferometric Imaging Radar Altimeter
This paper presents for the first time the results of marine gravity recovery using the ocean observation data acquired by Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter (TG2 InIRA) which demonstrate not only the balanced accuracies of the north and ...
Meng Sun +3 more
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Sea Surface Imaging Simulation for 3D Interferometric Imaging Radar Altimeter
The interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA) is a new generation radar altimeter, which can provide two-dimensional images of the sea surface topography at high resolution along a wide swath.
Zhaoxia Wang +3 more
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Assessing the impact of future altimeter constellations in the Met Office global ocean forecasting system [PDF]
Satellite altimeter measurements of sea surface height (SSH) are a crucial component of current operational ocean forecasting systems. The launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) wide-swath altimeter (WiSA) mission is bringing a step ...
R. R. King +5 more
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Nouméa: a new multi-mission calibration and validation site for past and future altimetry missions? [PDF]
Today, monitoring the evolution of sea level in coastal areas is of importance, since almost 11 % of the world's population lives in low-lying areas.
C. Chupin +4 more
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Selection of the key earth observation sensors and platforms focusing on applications for Polar Regions in the scope of Copernicus system 2020-2030 [PDF]
An optimal payload selection conducted in the frame of the H2020 ONION project (id 687490) is presented based on the ability to cover the observation needs of the Copernicus system in the time period 2020–2030.
Camps Carmona, Adriano José +6 more
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In this study, elevation change and surface morphology of CookE2, one of the most active subglacial lakes in East Antarctica, were analyzed by using Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) and a newly adapted Time-Segmented ...
Jihyun Moon, Hoseung Lee, Hoonyol Lee
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Ocean 2D eddy energy fluxes from small mesoscale processes with SWOT [PDF]
We investigate ocean dynamics at different scales in the Agulhas Current system, a region of important interocean exchange of heat and energy. While ocean observations and some of the most advanced climate models capture the larger mesoscale dynamics ...
E. Carli +4 more
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Improved BAQ algorithm for Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar data compression
Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA), the first space-borne radar altimeter in the world, applying a new mechanism of interferometry with short baseline and small incident angle, can achieve wide swath and high accuracy sea surface ...
Xiaojin Shi, Yunhua Zhang, Xiao Dong
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Sea surface height measuring using InSAR altimeter
Satellite altimetry has been widely used in measuring ocean topography from space. The conventional altimeter system is the nadir radar altimeter system which has the limitations of one-dimensional measurement and is unable to get both high temporal and ...
Xiaohong Sui +4 more
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Summary: Future wide-swath altimetry missions will provide high-resolution information about ocean surface elevation, and facilitate the characterization of meso- and sub-mesoscale ocean activities. In this study, the demand analysis of three-dimensional
Chaojie Zhou +3 more
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