The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters | Zendy

Cipollini Paolo | Zendy; Vignudelli Stefano | Zendy; Benveniste Jérôme | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

The Coastal Zone: A Mission Target for Satellite Altimeters

Author(s) -

Cipollini Paolo,

Vignudelli Stefano,

Benveniste Jérôme

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

eos, transactions american geophysical union

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 86

eISSN - 2324-9250

pISSN - 0096-3941

DOI - 10.1002/2014eo080006

Subject(s) - altimeter , remote sensing , radar altimeter , satellite , space based radar , synthetic aperture radar , geology , geodesy , radar , spacecraft , earth observation , radar imaging , computer science , bistatic radar , aerospace engineering , engineering , telecommunications

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimetry is rapidly becoming the most efficient way to measure small‐scale changes in elevations of ice, land, and water surfaces as well as sea ice thickness. This new generation altimeter, first launched on board the CryoSat‐2 satellite, fires 10 times more radar pulses per second than the previous generation and exploits the motion of the spacecraft to achieve a 20‐fold increase in along‐track resolution and twofold improvement in its accuracy.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research