A multi-subwaveform parametric retracker of the radar satellite altimetric waveform and recovery of gravity anomalies over coastal oceans

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-616

  Guo, Jin Yun ^a,b,c   Gao, Yong Gang ^d   Hwang, Chein Way ^e   Sun, Jia Long ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geosat GM; Gravity anomaly; Least squares collocation; Multi subwaveform parametric retracker; Waveform retracking for radar satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; ALTIMETER WAVEFORM; ALTIMETRIC DATA; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL WATERS; GEOID HEIGHTS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY DATA; LEAST-SQUARES COLLOCATION; OPEN OCEAN; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; RADAR SATELLITES; RESIDUAL GRAVITY; SATELLITE RADAR; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM DATA; WAVEFORM RETRACKING;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL WATER; GEODESY; GEOID; GEOPHYSICS; GEOSAT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77952552879     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0171-3     Document Type: Article

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