Abstract. A total of 13 satellite missions have been launched since 1985, with different types radar altimeters on board. This study intends to make a comprehensive evaluation historic and currently operational altimetry for lake water level retrieval over the same set lakes develop strategy constructing consistent long-term records inland at global scale. The estimates produced by retracking a...

This paper shows that the power system performance (batteries, solar array, power regulator) on-board the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has met or exceeded pre-launch predictions, and has successfully managed the performance of NiCd batteries which had shown anomalous performance on other missions such as UARS and GRO. The battery performance is addressed through the following parameters: end-of-dis...

important, particularly for ocean and climate reanalyses that attempt to reconstruct the past state of the Earth system (e.g. Compo et al., 2011; http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.20thC_ReanV2.html). The experiment scenarios described here by the authors are perhaps most applicable to the estimation of the global ocean state after the introduction of satellite altimeters, e.g. TOPE...

We describe the surprising amount of high-frequency barotropic motion apparently present in TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data, and the considerable predictive skill of present ocean general circulation models for what is actually observed. Models can thus be used to remove, at least partially, the energetic high-frequency signals from the data which otherwise are an important source of aliasing.

More than 27 years of high precision satellite altimetry enables analysis recent changes in global mean sea level (GMSL). Several previous studies present estimates the trend and acceleration GMSL; however, all are exclusively performed with data from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2 Jason-3 missions (TPJ data). In this study we extend record both time space by including independent ERS-1, ERS-...

In the framework of the GRIM series of gravity field models, the CNES/GRGS GINS precise orbit determination software has been adapted to dynamic GPS data processing. That is simultaneous processing of all available observables (i.e. GPS, DORIS, Laser) and all available satellite orbits (i.e. GPS, TOPEX/POSEIDON) can now be performed. The TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) mission satellite is equipped with a...