Radar Altimetry Tutorial

Radar Altimetry Tutorial
December 2 006
V. Rosmorduc, J. Benveniste, O . Lauret, M. Milagro, N. Picot
J. Benveniste, N. Picot, EditorsRadar Altimetry Tutorial
Radar Altimetry Tutorial
Predicting climate, monitoring mean sea level, river and lake levels, global warming, El Niño and La
Niña events, marine currents and ocean circulation, tides, geoid estimates, wind, wave and marine
meteorology models, ice sheet topography and sea ice extent, etc. Radar altimetry can provide such a
wealth of information -- and more -- from its measurements.
This Radar Altimetry Tutorial describes applications, examples (data use cases) and techniques, including
standard data processing, as well as the various satellite missions that have carried, are carrying or will carry
a radar altimeter onboard, plus a range of altimetry products (data, software and documentation).
A Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox is also available. This is a collection of tools and documents designed to
facilitate the use of radar altimetry data. It can read most distributed radar altimetry data, from ERS-1 & 2,
Topex/Poseidon, Geosat Follow-on, Jason-1, Envisat to the future Cryosat missions, and can perform
processing and data editing, extraction of statistics, and visualisation of results.


Acknowledgments & contributors
This tutorial was produced by CLS under contract to ESA and CNES.
Citation
If using this tutorial, please cite:
Rosmorduc, V., J. benveniste, O. Lauret, M. Milagro, N. Picot, Radar ...