Improved GNSS-R bi-static altimetry and independent DEMs of Greenland and Antarctica from TechDemoSat-1

Cartwright, Jessica; Banks, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-0876; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411. 2020 Improved GNSS-R bi-static altimetry and independent DEMs of Greenland and Antarctica from TechDemoSat-1. The Cryosphere, 14. 1909-1917. 10.5194/tc-2019-289

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Abstract/Summary

Improved Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets are presented, derived from Global Navigation Satellite Systems-Reflectometry (GNSS-R). This builds on a previous study (Cartwright et al., 2018) using GNSS-R to derive an Antarctic DEM but uses improved processing and an additional 13 months of measurements, totalling 46 months of data from the UK TechDemoSat-1 satellite. A median bias of under 10 m and root-mean-square (RMS) errors of under 53 m for the Antarctic and 166 m for Greenland are obtained, as compared to existing DEMs. The results represent, compared to the earlier study, a halving of the median bias to 9 m, an improvement in coverage of 18 %, and a four times higher spatial resolution (now gridded at 25 km). In addition, these are the first published satellite altimetry measurements of the region surrounding the South Pole. Comparisons south of 88° S yield RMS errors of less than 33 m when compared to NASA’s Operation IceBridge measurements. Differences between DEMs are explored and the future potential for ice sheet monitoring by this technique is noted.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5194/tc-2019-289
Date made live:	11 Jun 2020 09:53 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527936

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