Altimetry with GNSS-R interferometry: First proof of concept experiment

GPS Solutions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Rius, Antonio ^a   Nogués Correig, Oleguer ^a   Ribó, Serni ^a   Cardellach, Estel ^a   Oliveras, Santi ^a   Valencia, Enric ^b   Park, Hyuk ^b   Tarongí, José Miguel ^b   Camps, Adriano ^b   van der Marel, Hans ^c   van Bree, Roel ^c   Altena, Bas ^c   Martín Neira, Manuel ^d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bistatic radars; GNSS reflectometry; Ocean altimetry

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC RADARS; GEODETIC NETWORKS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GPS ANTENNA; HIGH GAIN; NETHERLANDS; OCEAN ALTIMETRY; OPEN ACCESS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RADAR ALTIMETERS; REFLECTOMETRY; SEA SURFACES; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; TRANSMITTED CODES; X-BAND RADARS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; EXPERIMENTS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION; GEODETIC NETWORK; GNSS; OPEN OCEAN; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE; SIGNAL;

NETHERLANDS; ZEELAND;

EID: 84859267584     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-011-0225-9     Document Type: Article

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