The retracking technique on multi-peak and quasi-specular waveforms for Jason-1 and Jason-2 missions near the coast

Title: The retracking technique on multi-peak and quasi-specular waveforms for Jason-1 and Jason-2 missions near the coast
Creator: Idris, N. H.; Deng, X.
Relation: Marine Geodesy Vol. 35, Issue S1, p. 217-237
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2012.718679
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2012
Description: This article presents the waveform retracking technique for two predominant waveform classes near the coast: quasi-specular and multi-peak echoes. The technique retracks the truncated sub-waveform rather than the full-waveform. Sub-waveforms, which are only based on returns reflected from the water surface, are extracted and retracked using the Brown model. The retracker is applied to simulated waveforms and Jason-1 and Jason-2 waveforms in the Great Barrier Reef When using it as a supplement to the full-waveform retracker, results show that retracked SSHs can be extended further to the coastline, up to ∼2-6 km for Jason-1 and ∼1-7 km for Jason-2.
Subject: radar altimetry; waveform retracking; quasi-specular waveform; multi-peak waveform; the Brown model; sea surface height
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306218
Identifier: uon:21171
Identifier: ISSN:0149-0419
Language: eng
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