Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission being considered by NASA has, as one of its main objectives, to measure ocean topography with centimeter scale accuracy over kilometer scale spatial resolution. This paper investigates the impact of ocean waves on SWOT’s projected performance. Se...

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Main Authors: Eva Peral, Ernesto Rodríguez, Daniel Esteban-Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/11/14509
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spelling doaj-e69e6786c8c74712b01365870bee084e2020-11-25T00:03:49ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922015-11-01711145091452910.3390/rs71114509rs71114509Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean AccuracyEva Peral0Ernesto Rodríguez1Daniel Esteban-Fernández2Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, USAThe Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission being considered by NASA has, as one of its main objectives, to measure ocean topography with centimeter scale accuracy over kilometer scale spatial resolution. This paper investigates the impact of ocean waves on SWOT’s projected performance. Several effects will be examined: volumetric decorrelation, aliasing of ocean waves, backscattering modulation, and the so-called surfboard sampling.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/11/14509SWOTradar interferometryocean wavessignificant wave heightKa band
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author Eva Peral
Ernesto Rodríguez
Daniel Esteban-Fernández
spellingShingle Eva Peral
Ernesto Rodríguez
Daniel Esteban-Fernández
Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
Remote Sensing
SWOT
radar interferometry
ocean waves
significant wave height
Ka band
author_facet Eva Peral
Ernesto Rodríguez
Daniel Esteban-Fernández
author_sort Eva Peral
title Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
title_short Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
title_full Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
title_fullStr Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
title_sort impact of surface waves on swot’s projected ocean accuracy
publisher MDPI AG
series Remote Sensing
issn 2072-4292
publishDate 2015-11-01
description The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission being considered by NASA has, as one of its main objectives, to measure ocean topography with centimeter scale accuracy over kilometer scale spatial resolution. This paper investigates the impact of ocean waves on SWOT’s projected performance. Several effects will be examined: volumetric decorrelation, aliasing of ocean waves, backscattering modulation, and the so-called surfboard sampling.
topic SWOT
radar interferometry
ocean waves
significant wave height
Ka band
url http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/11/14509
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