Continuous monitoring of the Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon ocean altimetry missions from dedicated calibration sites

Author

Haines, Bruce ; Bonnefond, Pascal ; Watson, Christopher ; Born, George ; Coleman, Richard ; Exertier, Pierre ; Gill, Stephen ; Jan, Gwénaële ; Jeansou, Eric ; Laurain, Olivier ; White, Neil

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Lastpage

659

Abstract

We present calibration results from Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon overflights of the three dedicated verification sites: (1) a California offshore oil platform (Harvest); (2) the Mediterranean island of Corsica (Cape Senetosa), and (3) the Bass Strait off the coast of Tasmania. The high-accuracy of the Jason-1 measurement system is evident in the results from the dedicated calibration experiments. These experiments do indicate, however, that the Jason-1 sea-surface-height (SSH) measurements are biased high by approximately 12-15 cm. We discuss the implications of geographically correlated errors on the determination of the SSH bias.

Keywords

error analysis; height measurement; oceanographic regions; offshore installations; remote sensing; Bass Strait; California offshore oil platform; Cape Senetosa; Corsica; Harvest; Jason-1 measurement system; Mediterranean island; SSH bias determination; TOPEX/Poseidon overflight; Tasmania coast; dedicated calibration experiment; geographically correlated error; ocean altimetry mission; sea-surface-height bias measurement; Altimetry; Australia; Calibration; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ground support; Monitoring; Oceans; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

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

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369114

Filename

1369114