Marine Gravity Field Mapping from Altimetry – Advancement with 2nd Generation Altimeters
Journal: Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU)
Year: 2018

Until the launch of Cryosat in 2010 the only geodetic data available for deriving high resolution marine gravity fields were the 1985 Geosat GM and 1995 ERS-1 phases E and F. Geodesists therefore spent the better of 15 years improving these GEOSAT and ERS-1 data. With the launch of the second generation altimeters CryoSat and SARAL/AltiKa and the completed geodetic missions from Jason-1 as part of the retirement orbit, a new era in satellite altimetry has been initiated. Since 2010 the amount of