An Overview of Requirements, Procedures and Current Advances in the Calibration/Validation of Radar Altimeters

An Overview of Requirements, Procedures and Current Advances in the Calibration/Validation of Radar Altimeters

Analysis of the radar echoes from a spaceborne altimeter gives information on sea surface height, wave height and wind speed, as well as other parameters over land and ice. The first spaceborne radar altimeter was pioneered on Skylab in 1974. Since then, there have been about 20 further missions, wi...

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Main Authors: Graham D. Quartly, Ge Chen, Francesco Nencioli, Rosemary Morrow, Nicolas Picot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
altimeter
microwave radiometer
calibration
validation
Sentinel-3A
Jason-3
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/1/125

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