Abstract: Sea surface height may be measured by a satellite-borne altimeter and its along-track slope used to infer geostrophic currents. A major difficulty is that, in general, the local geoid and satellite orbit are not known to ...

Abstract: In this paper seasonal variations in the Agulhas Retroflection region are studied by analyzing data from the radar altimeter, flown on the Geosat satellite, and output from the Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM). The ...

Abstract: In this paper waveforms, that is, returns from the ocean surface, from a number of spaceborne radar altimeter instruments [European Remote-sensing Satellites (ERS-1 and -2), TOPEX, and Poseidon] are examined. This is the ...

Abstract: Rain has long been categorized as a contaminant of altimeter data, but little has been done previously to ascertain the magnitude and frequency of its effect or its geographical distribution. Proceeding from recent analysis ...