Cryosat-2 was designed for its primary scientific objectives, ie for cryosphere science. As far
as oceanography is concerned, various mission design choices make it less accurate than …

Inspired by the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technique, a nadir radar altimeter concept
called the “Delay/Doppler altimeter” or “SAR mode altimeter” provides better precision and …

ESA's Earth explorer mission CryoSat-2 has an ice-monitoring objective, but it has proven to
also be a valuable source of observations for measuring impacts of climate change over …

This paper presents the results of a Calval analysis performed for the Cryosat-2 mission over
ocean. The data set used in this analysis consists of products generated by the Cryosat-2 …

Abstract The European Space Agency launched CryoSat-2 as the first European ice mission
in 2010. Its advanced altimeter met primary objectives concerned with sea ice thickness and …

The CryoSat-2 satellite, primarily dedicated to precise monitoring of the Cryosphere, is
demonstrating its capability to provide valuable altimetric data also over the ocean. Here we …

ICESat calculations of sea level and mesoscale variability are demonstrated and compared
to calculations from TOPEX altimetry. In particular, we examine the accuracy of the ICESat …

A new mean sea surface (MSS) from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) called
DTU21MSS for referencing sea-level anomalies from satellite altimetry is introduced in this …

The exceptional results obtained from the TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) mission (see references
and recommended reading list at end of this piece) have convinced scientists to continue the …

We present a 17-year calibration record of precise (Jason-class) spaceborne altimetry from
a California offshore oil platform (Harvest). Our analyses indicate that the sea-surface-height …