• DocumentCode
    3533375
  • Title

    SAR altimeter retracker performance bound over water surfaces

  • Author

    Martin-Puig, Cristina ; Ruffini, Giulio

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Dept., Starlab Barcelona S.L., Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-17 July 2009
  • Abstract
    This paper provides the theoretical limit for the performance of a Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) DDA re-tracker for different Significant Wave Height (SWH) conditions based on Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) analysis.
  • Keywords
    altimeters; maximum likelihood estimation; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Cramer-Rao lower bound analysis; DDA retracker; SAR altimeter retracker performance; delay Doppler altimetry; maximum likelihood estimation; signicant wave height conditions; water surfaces; Altimetry; Backscatter; Delay effects; Estimation theory; Maximum likelihood estimation; Performance analysis; Propagation delay; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; Technological innovation; Cramer-Rao Lower Bound; Range accuracy estimation; SAR altimeter waveform; estimation theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3394-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3395-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417633
  • Filename
    5417633