Article,
SAR, SARin, RDSAR and FF-SAR Altimetry Processing on Demand for Cryosat-2, Sentinel-3 & Sentinel-6 at ESA's Altimetry Virtual Lab
Affiliations
- [1] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [2] Collecte Localisation Satellites (France) [NORA names: France; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [3] University of Bonn [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
- [4] University of Maryland, College Park [NORA names: United States; America, North; OECD];
- [5] Aresys Srl, Via Flumendosa 16, 20132 Milan, Italy [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
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Abstract
Abstract. This paper presents the RDSAR, SAR/SARin & FF-SAR altimetry processors available in the ESA Altimetry Virtual Lab (AVL) hosted on the EarthConsole® platform. An overview on processors and features as well as preliminary analyses using AVL output data are reported to demonstrate the quality of the ESA Altimetry Virtual Lab altimetry services. Soon additional processors from ESA research contracts will be added to the AVL portfolio to continue providing innovative solutions to the radar altimetry community.
Keywords
AVL,
CryoSat-2,
ESA,
FF-SAR,
SAR,
Sentinel-6,
altimetry community,
altimetry processing,
analysis,
community,
contraction,
data,
demand,
features,
innovative solutions,
lab,
output data,
overview,
platform,
portfolio,
preliminary analysis,
process,
processor,
quality,
radar,
research contracts,
sarin,
services,
solution,
virtual lab