SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
To measure sea surface height, or surface topography, scientists need to obtain the precise distance between the satellite and the center of the Earth and the precise distance between the satellite and the sea surface. Sea surface height is then calculated by subtracting the distance between the sea surface and the satellite from the distance between the center of the Earth and the satellite. The distance between the satellite and the center of the Earth is obtained by carefully monitoring the satellite position at all times.
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- SEA SURFACE HEIGHT [GCMD Science Keywords] (child)
- Envisat AATSR L1B Brightness Temperature/Radiance [ENV_AT_1_RBT] (45408) (child)
- Envisat ASAR WS Single Look Complex L1 [ASA_WSS_1P] (651172) (child)
- Envisat ASAR Wave Cross Spectra Imagette L1 [ASA_WVS_1P] (145857) (child)
- Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry [ALT_FDR___] (229117) (child)
- GRACE-A and GRACE-B Level 1B, Level 1B combined and Level 2 Data Products (0) (child)
- IRS-1C/1D European coverage (19565) (child)
- IRS-1C/1D Full archive (0) (child)
- MOS-1/1B ESA Orthorectified Map-oriented Products [MES_GEC_1P] (245695) (child)
- MOS-1/1B ESA System Corrected Map-oriented Products [MES_GES_1P] (41738) (child)
- MOS-1/1B ESA System Corrected VTIR Products [VTI_SYC_1P] (7033) (child)
- SeaSat ESA archive (798) (child)
- Sentinel-6 Products (111833) (child)