Re-tracking of SAR altimeter ocean power-waveforms and related accuracies of the retrieved sea surface height, significant wave height and wind speed

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3533-3536

  Phalippou, L ^a   Enjolras, V ^a  

^a THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Ocean altimetry; Optimal estimation; SAR altimeter

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; RADAR ALTIMETER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT(SSH); SURFACE WAVE HEIGHT (SWH);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80053429270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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