Calibration of Envisat radar altimeter over Lake Issykkul

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1523-1541

  Cretaux J F ^a   Berge Nguyen M ^a   Calmant, S ^a   Romanovski, V V ^b   Meyssignac, B ^a   Perosanz, F ^c   Tashbaeva, S ^b   Arsen, A ^a   Fund, F ^c   Martignago, N ^a   Bonnefond, P ^d   Laurain, O ^d   Morrow, R ^e   Maisongrande, P ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b IWPH   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c CNES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute altimeter calibration; Cross over analysis; Envisat; Geophysical corrections; GPS; Lake Issykkul

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CALIBRATION; DATA HANDLING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CALIBRATION/VALIDATION; CROSS OVER; ENVISAT; ENVISAT SATELLITE; GEOPHYSICAL CORRECTIONS; REFERENCE STATIONS; RETRACKING ALGORITHMS; WEATHER STATIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84875234200     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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