期刊
MARINE GEODESY
卷 38, 期 -, 页码 449-465出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2014.1000470
关键词
Radar altimeter; significant wave height; satellite; SARAL; AltiKa; validation
资金
- Universidad de Concepcion Fellowship at the Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale at Ifremer
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
- EU-FP7 project SWARP [607476]
- Labex Mer [ANR-10-LABX-19-01]
SARAL/AltiKa GDR-T are analyzed to assess the quality of the significant wave height (SWH) measurements. SARAL along-track SWH plots reveal cases of erroneous data, more or less isolated, not detected by the quality flags. The anomalies are often correlated with strong attenuation of the Ka-band backscatter coefficient, sensitive to clouds and rain. A quality test based on the 1Hz standard deviation is proposed to detect such anomalies. From buoy comparison, it is shown that SARAL SWH is more accurate than Jason-2, particularly at low SWH, and globally does not require any correction. Results are better with open ocean than with coastal buoys. The scatter and the number of outliers are much larger for coastal buoys. SARAL is then compared with Jason-2 and Cryosat-2. The altimeter data are extracted from the global altimeter SWH Ifremer data base, including specific corrections to calibrate the various altimeters. The comparison confirms the high quality of SARAL SWH. The 1Hz standard deviation is much less than for Jason-2 and Cryosat-2, particularly at low SWH. Furthermore, results show that the corrections applied to Jason-2 and to Cryosat-2, in the data base, are efficient, improving the global agreement between the three altimeters.
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