End to end performances of a short baseline interferometric radar altimeter for ocean mesoscale topography

Author

Phalippou, L. ; Guijarro, J.

Author_Institution

Obs. & Sci. Bus. Unit, Alcatel Space, Toulouse

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

765

Lastpage

768

Abstract

The swath radar altimeter concept has been revisited - in the framework of an ESA study - with the objective of defining an optimal functioning point with respect to mission performance while keeping the instrument complexity as low as possible. We show that a swath altimeter concept, with a shorter interferometric baseline than WSOA and moderate power can meet the requirements of mesoscale topography mapping. The paper presents a complete sea surface height (SSH) error budget for the mission

Keywords

oceanography; radar altimetry; radiowave interferometry; ESA study; European Space Agency; SSH error budget; WSOA; Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter; instrument complexity; interferometric radar altimeter; ocean mesoscale topography; optimal functioning point; sea surface height; swath altimeter concept; topography mapping; Calibration; Error correction; Oceans; Propagation losses; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368514

Filename

1368514