Multisatellite altimetry calibration and validation using a GNSS Wave Glider in the North Sea

Penna, Nigel T.; Moore, Philip; Morales Maqueda, Miguel A.; Martin, Ian; Cipollini, Paolo; Guo, Jing; Foden, Peter R.; Gregg, David E.. 2024 Multisatellite altimetry calibration and validation using a GNSS Wave Glider in the North Sea. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62. 1-16. 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3424649

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Abstract/Summary

The concept of in situ multisatellite altimetry calibration and validation in the absolute sense using ocean autonomous surface vehicles as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) platforms is demonstrated through an experiment in the North Sea during 2016. A Wave Glider (WG) equipped with geodetic GNSS traveled to locations ranging from 21 to 78 km from the coast to be directly under four Jason-series tracks and two CryoSat-2 tracks. 5-Hz sea surface heights (SSHs) were estimated from precise point positioning (PPP) mode processing of GPS+GLONASS data, together with hourly zenith wet tropospheric delays (ZWDs), and used as reference values for altimetry satellite measured SSH, tropospheric delay, and significant wave height (SWH). SSH biases obtained were −30 to −8 mm for Jason-2 using geophysical data record (GDR)-D products, −40 to +1 mm for Jason-3 using GDR-F products, and −29 and +18 mm for CryoSat-2 using SAR mode GOP baseline C products. These biases are almost commensurate with results from previous studies in other regions that used GNSS buoys or onshore GNSS reference stations with geoid and tide extrapolation. The Jason-2 and Jason-3 microwave radiometer (MWR)-measured ZWDs differed, respectively, by −15 and −10 mm on average from those measured by the GNSS WG. Root-mean-square SWH differences of 2–6 cm were obtained between Jason-2/3 and the co-located GNSS WG, and equivalent differences of 19–21 cm for CryoSat-2.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1109/TGRS.2024.3424649
ISSN:	0196-2892
Additional Keywords:	Global navigation satellite system, altimetry, sea measurements, extraterrestrial measurements, sea surface, satellite broadcasting, tides
Date made live:	14 Aug 2024 13:10 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537860

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