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Research article
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15 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 15 Jan 2016
Accuracy of the mean sea level continuous record with future altimetric missions: Jason-3 vs. Sentinel-3a
L. Zawadzki
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
M. Ablain
Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
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- Accuracy Analysis of the InSAR Altimeter in Relative Elevation Measurements of the Sea Surface B. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3058767
- Improving Sea Surface Height Reconstruction by Simultaneous Ku- and Ka-Band Near-Nadir Single-Pass Interferometric SAR Altimeter Z. Qiu et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3281734
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Short summary
The reference mean sea level (MSL) record, essential for understanding climate evolution, is derived from the altimetric measurements of the TOPEX/Poseidon mission, followed by Jason-1 and later Jason-2 on the same orbit. Soon, Jason-3 will be launched on the same historical orbit, followed by Sentinel-3a on a new one. This paper shows linking missions with the same orbit enables meeting climate user requirements regarding the MSL trend while using Sentinel-3a would increase the uncertainty.
The reference mean sea level (MSL) record, essential for understanding climate evolution, is...
