DocumentCode
280984
Title
Waves and bias in satellite altimetry
Author
Srokosz, M.A. ; Glazman, R.E.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Oceanogr. Sci., Deacon Lab., Wormley, UK
fYear
1990
fDate
33225
Firstpage
42614
Lastpage
42616
Abstract
The authors describe one of the outstanding limitations on the use of satellite radar altimeter height measurements for determining the topography of the sea surface and consequently the geostrophic ocean surface currents. The presence of waves on the sea surface introduces a bias, known as the sea state bias, in the altimetric height measurement. Although this bias is small, of the order of centimetres, it is of a similar order to the accuracy necessary for determining the sea surface topography
Keywords
altimeters; height measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; radar systems; remote sensing by radar; altimetric height measurement; geostrophic ocean surface currents; remote sensing; satellite radar altimeter; sea state bias; sea surface; sea surface topography;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Monitoring the Sea, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
191474
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