Multi-mission cross-calibration of satellite altimeters: Constructing a long-term data record for global and regional sea level change studies

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2255-2281

  Bosch, Wolfgang ^a   Dettmering, Denise ^a   Schwatke, Christian ^a  

^a Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Crossover analysis; Geographically correlated errors; Radial errors; Range bias; Satellite altimetry; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CALIBRATION; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL;

CORRELATED ERRORS; CROSSOVER ANALYSIS; RADIAL ERROR; RANGE BIAS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 84896999889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6032255     Document Type: Article

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