Satellite Altimetry: Sailing Closer to the Coast

  1. Vignudelli, Stefano 1
  2. Cipollini, Paolo 2
  3. Gommenginger, Christine 2
  4. Gleason, Scott 2
  5. Snaith, Helen M. 2
  6. Coelho, Henrique 3
  7. Fernandes, M. Joana 4
  8. Lázaro, Clara 4
  9. Nunes, Alexandra L. 5
  10. Gómez-Enri, Jesus 6
  11. Martin-Puig, Cristina 7
  12. Woodworth, Philip 8
  13. Dinardo, Salvatore 9
  14. Benveniste, Jérôme 10
  1. 1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy
  2. 2 Ocean Observing and Climate, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
  3. 3 Hidromod, Lisbon, Portugal
  4. 4 Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  5. 5 Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
  6. 6 Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
  7. 7 Starlab Barcelona S.L., Barcelona, Spain
  8. 8 Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, UK
  9. 9 Serco/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
  10. 10 European Space Agency/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
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Libro:
Remote Sensing of the Changing Oceans

ISBN: 9783642165405,  9783642165412

Año de publicación: 2011

Páginas: 217-238

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16541-2_11 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

In this chapter we review the history of coastal altimetry. We illustrate the challenges associated with data processing, improvement and exploitation, including: (1) what altimeter data are available today and what are the issues in coastal zones; (2) what efforts are underway to fill the gaps in coastal altimetry and what still needs to be done; (3) how coastal altimetry can be used in support of coastal oceanography. After nearly two decades of data collection near coasts, the planned reprocessing of the multi-mission global record now appears to be necessary for full exploitation of satellite altimetry for coastal oceanography. We will focus on the European research efforts, in particular the main outcomes of the COASTALT project, by showcasing improved corrections (with special emphasis on the wet tropospheric effect), waveform analysis and novel retracking techniques, as well as the structure of the new processor for Envisat RA-2 coastal records. This is of interest to a broad range of data integrators who will be able to use the improved altimeter data in their operational products or services

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