The Permanent Facility for Satellite Altimetry Calibration in Gavdos/Crete, Greece: Fifteen years of Cal/Val Service.
Journal: Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU)
Year: 2018

This work describes the gradual development of the Gavdos/Crete Cal/Val permanent facility as of 2001 in terms of infrastructure, instrumentation and the seasurface as well as transponder calibrations along ascending and descending orbits of satellite altimeters. The difficulties encountered during this period are described, along with measures taken to overcome them. Absolute calibration results are given for Jason-1, Jason- 2 and Jason-3 along their ascending Pass No. 109 together with the des