ENVISAT RA-2/MWR cross-calibration and validation final results

Author

Benveniste, Jérôme

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, Rome, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

815

Abstract

ESA launched its environmental research satellite, ENVISAT, on 1 March 2002. It carries a suite of 10 instruments offering opportunities for a broad range of scientific research and applications. In particular, ENVISAT carries a radar altimeter (RA-2), a microwave radiometer (MWR), and a precise tracking system (DORIS). The evaluation of the quality of the ENVISAT altimetry geophysical data products and the cross-calibration on ERS-2 and other flying altimeters has been performed during the commissioning phase within a team of scientists drawn up from the pre-launch announcement of opportunity. The results obtained from this teamwork are presented here.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical equipment; radar altimetry; remote sensing by radar; DORIS; ENVISAT RA-2/MWR; MWR; altimetry; cross-calibration; environmental research satellite; geophysical data; microwave radiometer; quality evaluation; radar altimeter; research instruments; scientific applications; scientific research; tracking system; validation; Altimetry; Ground support; IEEE news; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar tracking; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293929

Filename

1293929