Lebedev, Sergey <br/><br/>
Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences 

 -  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2019 
 - 1 electronic resource (484 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Satellite altimetry is a radar technique for measuring the topography of the Earth’s surface. It was initially designed for measuring the ocean’s topography, with reference to an ellipsoid, and for the determination of the marine geoid. Satellite altimetry has provided extremely valuable information on ocean science (e.g., circulation surface geostrophic currents, eddy structures, wave heights, and the propagation of oceanic Kelvin and Rossby waves). With more than 25 years of observations, it is also becoming vital to climate research, providing accurate measurements of sea level variations from regional to global scales. Altimetry has also demonstrated a strong potential for geophysical, cryospheric, and hydrological research and is now commonly used for the monitoring of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheet topography and of terrestrial surface water levels. This book aims to present reviews and recent advances of general interest in the use of radar altimetry in Earth sciences. Manuscripts are related to any aspect of radar altimetry technique or geophysical applications. We also encourage manuscripts resulting from the application of new altimetric technology (SAR, SARin, and Ka band) and improvements expected from missions to be launched in the near future (i.e., SWOT). 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>books978-3-03897-681-3 9783038976806 9783038976813 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03897-681-3  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>water level ALES wet path delay CryoSat-2 water volume transport water level time series storm surge filtering validation polar ocean ocean tides satellite altimetry lake level classification ENVISAT numerical modelling PISTACH water levels evaporation geodesy waveform ALES retracker waveform retracking unsupervised classification CryosSat-2 SAR peakiness Envisat Jason-2 calibration SARAL ACC microwave radiometer ocean geostrophy data processing fine scale SWOT orbit decay Aral Sea geodetic orbit radar altimetry oceanography streamflow K-medoids retracking ice SWOT simulator coastal altimetry Ka-band western Mediterranean Sea topography of the intertidal zone FVCOM HY-2A inland water tide gauge discharge ERS-2 marine gravity wet tropospheric correction South China Sea stack data upper layer thickness drifting orbit hydrology Sentinel-3 two-layer ocean model satellite geodesy Fram Strait space gravity leads satellite altimeter range precision sensor calibration ROMS model X-TRACK SAR Inner Niger Delta Greenland Sea Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Mekong Basin altimetry Hong Kong coast soil moisture Argo Southern Ocean Landsat dielectric permittivity sea surface height lake volume