Absolute calibration of Jason radar altimeters from GPS kinematic campaigns over lake issykkul

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 291-318

  Cretaux J F ^a   Calmant, S ^b   Romanovski, V ^c   Perosanz, F ^a   Tashbaeva, S ^c   Bonnefond, P ^d   Moreira, D ^e   Shum, C K ^f   Nino, F ^b   Berge Nguyen M ^a   Fleury, S ^b   Gegout, P ^g   Del Abarca, Rio ^h   Maisongrande, P ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower (IWPH)   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e Geological Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Absolute altimeter calibration; Geophysical corrections; GPS; Jason 1; Jason 2; Lake issykkul

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CALIBRATION; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; JASON-1; LAKE LEVEL; MODEL VALIDATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

KYRGYZSTAN; LAKE YSYK-KOL; YSYK-KOL;

EID: 80052202391     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2011.585110     Document Type: Article

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