Rain-flagging of the Envisat altimeter

Quartly, Graham D.; Srokosz, Meric A.

Rain-flagging of the Envisat altimeter

Quartly, Graham D.; Srokosz, Meric A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411. 2003 Rain-flagging of the Envisat altimeter. In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toulouse, France, 21-25 Jul 2003.

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Abstract/Summary

As the goals for altimetric measurements become ever more precise, there is concern about the reliable detection and discarding of rain contaminated data. A dual-frequency rain detection technique developed for the Ku- and C-band TOPEX altimeter, is adapted for the Ku- and S-band RA-2 altimeter on Envisat. Of particular concern is the selection of a suitable threshold to minimise the quantity of good data inadvertently discarded.

Item Type:

Publication - Conference Item (Paper)

Additional Keywords:

dual-frequency altimetry; Envisat RA-2; rain-flagging; attenuation

Date made live:

29 Aug 2003 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/100136