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CryoSat-2 Altimetry Applications over Rivers and Lakes

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Jiang, Liguang Schneider, R. Andersen, Ole Baltazar Bauer-Gottwein, Peter
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Monitoring the variation of rivers and lakes is of great importance. Satellite radar altimetry is a promising technology to do this on a regional to global scale. Satellite radar altimetry data has been used successfully to observe water levels in lakes and (large) rivers, and has also been combined with hydrologic/hydrodynamic models. Except CryoSat-2, all radar altimetry missions have been operated in conventional low resolution mode with a short repeat orbit (35 days or less). CryoSat-2, carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) altimeter, has a 369-day repeat and a drifting ground track pattern and provides new opportunities for hydrologic research. The narrow inter-track distance (7.5 km at the equator) makes it possible to monitor many lakes and rivers and SAR mode provides a finer along-track resolution, higher return power and speckle reduction through multi-looks. However, CryoSat-2 challenges conventional ways of dealing with satellite inland water altimetry data because virtual station time series cannot be directly derived for rivers. We review the CryoSat-2 mission characteristics, data products, and its use and perspectives for inland water applications. We discuss all the important steps in the workflow for hydrologic analysis with CryoSat-2, and conclude with a discussion of promising future research directions.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/3/211/pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/131038930/water_09_00211.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Altimeter Device Component Aperture (software) Hydrodynamics Image resolution Numerous Religious Missions Synthetic data Time series Toshiba Satellite
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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