Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-227-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-227-2019
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05 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 05 Mar 2019

Accuracy of altimeter data in inner and coastal seas

Luigi Cavaleri, Luciana Bertotti, and Paolo Pezzutto

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We carry out an inter-comparison of four different altimeters: Cryosat, Jason-2, Jason-3, and Sentinel-3. This is undertaken by checking the altimeter data against wind and wave model results for a given area, in this case the Mediterranean Sea, over 1 year. The four data sets are consistent for wind speed, but they show substantial differences for wave heights. The verification of a Sentinel-3 pass close to the coast in the northern Adriatic Sea shows irregular, spiky, large wave height values.