• DocumentCode
    280985
  • Title

    Maximum likelihood estimation for radar altimetry

  • Author

    Challenor, P.G. ; Srokosz, M.A. ; Tokmakian, R.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Oceanogr. Sci., Deacon Lab., Wormley, UK
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    33225
  • Firstpage
    42644
  • Lastpage
    42646
  • Abstract
    The authors examine the use of a maximum likelihood estimator for the six geophysical parameters, namely, the significant wave height, height of the satellite above the sea surface, the mean value of the backscattered power, the skewness of the sea, the cross skewness of the sea surface, and the angle at which the satellite is off-nadir, which are associated with satellite radar altimetry
  • Keywords
    altimeters; height measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar systems; remote sensing by radar; geophysical parameters; maximum likelihood estimator; satellite radar altimetry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Monitoring the Sea, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    191475