→ 25 YEARS OF PROGRESS
IN RADAR ALTIMETRYSYMPOSIUM
PROGRAMME
24–29 September 2018
Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island
Azores Archipelago, Portugal

OVERVIEW PROGRAMMESUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2018
TRAINING: ESA Research and User
Support (RUS) Service

9:30-12:30

Sala Lagoa do Congro

Lunch

12:30-14:00

Teatro Café

TRAINING: ESA Research and User
Support (RUS) Service

14:00-17:00

Sala Lagoa do Congro

PRE-REGISTRATION for 25YPRA | Foyer

15.00-18.00

MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018
REGISTRATION | Foyer

08:00-08:55
08:55 -13:00

SYMPOSIUM PLENARY SESSION:
Opening, Keynote Presentations

13:00-14:30
14:30-16:10

Lunch
Open Ocean #1:
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation and
Sea-Level Session

Land Processes and Inland Water#1: Lakes and Reservoirs

16:10-16:40
16:40-18:20

Cryosphere #1:
Ice Sheet, Glaciers, Ice Cap

IDS Workshop - Session #1
DORIS Network and Constellation:
Status and Evolution

Coffee BreakOpen Ocean #2: Tides, Internal
Tides, Internal Waves

18:20-19:30

Land Processes and Inland Water#2: Methods and Rivers

Cryosphere #2: Sea Ice and Polar
Oceanography

IDS Workshop - Session # 2 IDS
Processing and Plans for the Next
ITRF

ICE BREAKER RECEPTION

Auditorium

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

Lagoa Do Congro

Lagoa Do Fogo
2

OVERVIEW PROGRAMMETUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018
8:30-9:20

Open Ocean #3: Mesoscale –Smaller-Scale Currents

9:20-10:10

Land Processes and Inland Water#3: Rivers (cont’d), Wetlands andSoil Moisture

Altimetric Contributions to Gravity
Field, Marine Geodesy, Bathymetry
Modeling
Precise Orbit Determination

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-12:20

25 Years Progress in Radar Altimetry & IDS Poster Session

12:20-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

25-Year Altimetric Record #1:
Building the Climate Record:
Accuracy and Precision over 25
Years of Altimetry Data

Synergy between Altimetry, Other
Data and Models in Support ofOperational Oceanography #1

25-Year Altimetric Record #2:
Global Mean Sea Level as a Key
Climate Indicator

Synergy Between Altimetry, Other
Data and Models in Support ofOperational Oceanography #2

15:40-16:10
16:10-17:50

Advances in our Understanding of
Coastal Processes #1

IDS Workshop - Session #3
Precise Orbit Determination

Coffee BreakAdvances in our Understanding of
Coastal Processes #2

IDS Workshop - Session #4
Research Activities and New
Applications

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018
8:30-10:10

25-Year Altimetric Record #3:
Ongoing Scientific and Technical
Challenges

Synergy Between Altimetry, Other
Data and Models in Support ofOperational Oceanography #3

10:10-10:40

Outlook #1: Sea Level and Ocean
Circulation: Continuity and
Improved Resolution

IDS Governing Board Meeting

Coffee Break

Auditorium

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

Lagoa Do Congro

Lagoa Do Fogo
3

OVERVIEW PROGRAMMEWEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018
10:40-12:20

Advances in Our Understandingof Wave Observations and Their
Applications

Outreach, Education and Altimetric
Data Services

12:20-14:00
14:00-15:40

IDS Governing Board Meeting

Lunch
SYMPOSIUM PLENARY SESSION:
Keynote, Roundtable,
Summary & Closing

15:40-16:10
16:10-18:20

Outlook #2: Sea State, Polar
Oceans and New Techniques

Coffee BreakSYMPOSIUM PLENARY SESSION
ctd: Keynote, Roundtable,
Summary & Closing

18:20-19:30

Free time to freshen up before the Gala Dinner

19:30-23:00

GALA DINNER | Coliseo Micaelense
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:30-10:10

OSTST Opening Plenary Session

10:10-10:40
11:00-12:30

Coffee BreakOSTST Opening Plenary Session con’t

12:30-14:00
14:00-15:45

Lunch
Instrument Processing:
Measurement and Retracking
Part 1

Precision Orbit Determination
Part 1

15:45-16:15

Outreach, Education and Altimetric
Data Services
Coffee Break

Auditorium

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

Lagoa Do Congro

Lagoa Do Fogo
4

OVERVIEW PROGRAMMETHURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018
16:15-18:00

Instrument Processing:
Measurement and Retracking
Part 2

Precision Orbit Determination
Part 2

Quantifying Errors andUncertainties in Altimetry Data

18:00-20:00

OSTST POSTER SESSION - COCKTAIL

21:00-22:30

PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT: O OCEANO VISTO DO ESPAÇO | Public Library
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

09:00-10:30

Regional and Global CAL/VAL for
Assembling a Climate Data Record
Part 1

Application Development forOperations

10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30

The Geoid, Mean Sea Surfaces andMean Dynamic Topography
Coffee BreakRegional and Global CAL/VAL for
Assembling a Climate Data Record
Part 2

Instrument Processing:
Propagation, Wind Speed and Sea
State Bias

Tides, Internal Tides and HighFrequency Processes

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

OSTST POSTER SESSION

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-18:00

OSTST Meeting, Plenary Closing Session | Teatro Auditorium

Auditorium

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

Lagoa Do Congro

Lagoa Do Fogo
5

OVERVIEW PROGRAMMEMAP OF THE EVENTSATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2018
9:30-10:30

TRAINING: Using the Sentinel-3
Altimetry Copernicus Marine Data
Stream

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

10:50-12:50

TRAINING: ESA GOD SARvatore
On-Line and On-Demand Processing
Service for the Advanced
Exploitation of Sentinel-3 andCryosat-2 Altimetry Data

LEVEL 0
Auditorium
Foyer | Registration
Main entrance
ToiletLagoa Do Congro

Toilets
Toilets
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Emergency exit
Wheelchairs acess

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Poster and Exhibition Area

Poster Area

Lagoa do Congro

Lagoa do Fogo

Auditorium upper floor

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

Bar

Toilets

ToiletToilets

Toilets
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Emergency exit
Wheelchairs acess

Emergency exit
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25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:00 - 9:00 | Registration
9:00 - 13:00 | Plenary Opening Session Chairs: Jérôme Benveniste, ESA - Pascal Bonnefond, Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE
09:00 - 09:10 Introduction and Scope of the Symposium

Jérôme Benveniste

ESA

09:10 - 09:20 Welcome from ESA

Maurice Borgeaud

ESA

09:20 - 09:30 Welcome from CNES

Juliette Lambin

CNES

FR

09:30 - 09:40 Welcome from the Azorean Government

Gui Menezes

Secretary for the Sea, Science andTechnology

PT

Title

Presenter

09:40 - 10:00 Keynote: Early Development of Satellite Altimetry

Byron Tapley

University ofTexas at Austin

USA

Eric Leuliette

NOAA

USA

LEGOS ISSIFR

University ofColorado

USA

Byron Tapley1 | 1University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

10:00 - 10:20 Keynote: Legacy Achievements of the First 25 Years of the TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason Series

Eric Leuliette , Pascal Bonnefond , Remko Scharroo , Josh Willis | 1NOAA Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, United States,
2
Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE, Paris, France, 3EUMETSAT, Darmstad, Germany, 4Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
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2

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4

10:20 - 10:30 Keynote: Assessment of the Global Mean Sea Level Budget over the Altimetry Era: an International Initiative Anny Cazenave
Anny Cazenave1,2, Benoit Meyssignac1, The WCRP Global Sea Level Budget Group | 1LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2ISSI, Bern, Switzerland

10:30 - 10:40 Keynote: A 25-Year Record of Global Mean Sea Level Change: What Have We Learned?

Steven Nerem

Robert Steven Nerem1, Anny Cazenave2 | 1University Of Colorado, Boulder, United States, 2LEGOS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

10:40 - 11:00 Keynote: Global Ocean Circulation from Satellite Altimetry: Progress and Future Challenges

Lee-Lueng Fu

JPL

USA

Pierre-Yves Le Traon

Mercator Ocean

FR

Lee-Lueng Fu | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
1

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11:00 - 11:20 Keynote: Satellite Altimetry and the Copernicus Marine Service: Status and Perspectives
Pierre-Yves Le Traon1 | 1Mercator Ocean, Ramonville st Agne, France8

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

11:20 - 11:40

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

Title

Presenter

Keynote: Progresses of Altimetry for Marine Ecology: from a Dataset for Biophysical Studies, to a
Tool for Conservation Policies

Francesco D’Ovidio

LOCEANIPSLFRFrancesco d’Ovidio1, Yoav Lehahn2, Cédric Cotté3, Marina Lévy1, Christophe Guinet4, Philippe Koubbi5 | 1CNRS LOCEAN-IPSL, Paris, France, 2Dep. of Marine
Geosciences, Univ. of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, 3National Museum of Natural History, LOCEAN-IPSL, Paris, France, 4CNRS - CEBC, Chizé, France, 5Sorbonne
Universités, UPMC, Paris, France

11:40 - 11:50 Keynote: The Ocean Mean Dynamic Topography: 25 Years of Improvements

Marie-Hélène Rio

CLS

FR

NOAA

USA

Marie-Helene Rio1, San ine Mulet1, Gerald Dibarboure2, Nicolas Picot2 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

11:50 - 12:00 Keynote: Twenty-Five Years of Progress in Sea Floor Mapping by Satellite Altimetry

Walter Smith

Walter Smith , David Sandwell , Karen Marks , Ole Andersen | Noaa Laboratory For Satellite Altimetry, College Park, United States, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La Jolla , United States, 3Danish Space Center, Copenhagen, Denmark1

12:00 - 12:20

2

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Keynote Coastal Altimetry: Assimilating Altimeter Observations in a High-Resolution Shelf-Seas
Model – The Met Office 1.5km European North-West Shelf Forecasting2

Robert KingMet Office

UK

Cécile Kittel

Technical
Universityof Denmark

DK

Robert King1, Matthew Martin1, James While1 | 1UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

12:20 - 12:40 Keynote: CryoSat-2 for Inland Water Applications – Potential, Challenges and Future Prospects

Cecile M. M. Kittel1, Liguang Jiang1, Raphael Schneider1,3, Ole Baltazar Andersen2, Karina Nielsen2, Peter Bauer-Gottwein1 | 1Department of Environmental
Engineering, Technical University Of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark,3
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark

12:40 - 12:50 Keynote: Polar Altimetry

Duncan Wingham

NERC

UK

Andrew Shepherd1, Duncan Wingham2, Alan Muir2, Andy Ridout2, Lin Gilbert2, Mal McMillan1, Rachel Tilling1, Hannes Konrad1, Tom Slater1, Ines Otosaka1, Anna Hogg1,
Noel Gourmelen3 | 1CPOM, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2NERC, Swindon, United Kingdom, 3CPOM, London, United Kingdom, 4University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

12:50 - 13:00 Keynote: The Younger, Thinner, Faster Arctic Sea Ice Cover: Tracking Change over Fifteen Years

Sinead Louise Farrell

University of
Maryland /ESSIC NOAA

USA

Sinead Louise Farrell1,2, Jennifer Hutchings3, Kyle Duncan1,2, Joshua McCurry1,2 | 1University of Maryland / ESSIC, College Park, United States, 2NOAA Laboratory for
Satellite Altimetry, College Park, United States, 3Oregon State University / CEOAS, Corvallis, United States9

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:10 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM Open Ocean #1: Large-Scale Ocean Circulation and Sea-Level Session | Chairs: Eric Leuliette (NOAA) - Jacques Verron (IGE)
Title

Presenter

Keynote: Global Sea Level Budget Assessment: Preliminary Results From ESA’s CCI Sea Level
14:30 - 14:50
Budget Closure Project

Anny Cazenave

LEGOS

FR

Martin Horwath1, Anny Cazenave2, Hindumathi Kulaiappan Palanisamy2, Ben Marzeion3, Frank Paul4, Raymond Le Bris4, Anna Hogg5, Inès Otosaka5, An ew Shepherd5,
Petra Döll6, Denise Caceres6, Hannes Müller Schmied6, Johnny A. Johannessen7, Jan Even Øie Nilsen7, Roshin P. Raj7, René Forsberg8, Louise Sandberg Sørensen8, Valentina
R. Barletta8, Per Knudsen8, Ole Baltazar Andersen8, Heidi Villadsen8, Christopher John Merchant9, Claire Rachel Macintosh9, Christopher Old9, Karina von Schuckmann10,
Benjamin Gutknecht1, Kristin Novotny1, An eas Groh1, Jérôme Benveniste11 | 1Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 3University ofBremen, Germany, 4University of Zurich, Switzerland, 5University of Leeds, UK, 6Goethe University Frankfurt, , Germany, 7Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center,
Bergen, Norway, 8DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark, 9University of Reading, UK, 10Mercator Ocean, Toulouse, France, 11ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

14:50 - 15:10 Keynote: Causes of Sea-Level Variability: Oceanic Chaos Versus Atmospheric Forcing

Thierry Penduff

CNRS - IGE

FRThierry Penduff , Sally Close , Stéphanie Leroux , , Ixetl Garcia-Gomez , Guillaume Sérazin , , Jean-Marc Molines , Bernard Barnier , Laurent Bessières ,Laurent Terray4 | 1IGE - MEOM, Grenoble, France, 2Ocean Next, Grenoble, France, 3LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 4CERFACS - CECI, Toulouse, France
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15:10 - 15:30 Has the Gulf Stream Slowed Down during 1993-2016?

31

1

1

Shenfu Dong

4

AOML

USA

LEGOS

FR

Shenfu Dong1, Molly Baringer1, Gustavo Goni1 | 1AOML, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, United States

15:30 - 15:50

Revisited Sea Level Budget over 2005-2015 Indicates Large Deep Ocean Warming and Large Earth
Benoit Meyssignac
Energy Imbalance

Benoit Meyssignac1, Alejandro Blazquez1, Alexandre Couhert2, Lionel Zawadski3, Flavien Mercier2, Michael Ablain3, Anny Cazenave1 | 1LEGOS, Toulouse, France,
2
CNES, Toulouse, France, 3CLS, Toulouse, France

15:50 - 16:10 Impact of Recent ENSO Variability on Global and Regional Sea Level

Benjamin Hamlington

Old Dominion
University

USA

Benjamin Hamlington1, JT Reager2, Robert Leben3 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States, 2NASA JPL, Pasadena, USA, 3University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

16:10 - 16:40 Coffee Break10

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DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Land Processes and Inland Water #1: Lakes and Reservoirs
Chairs: Charon Birkett (ESSIC, University of Maryland) - Alexei Kouraev (LEGOS) - Angelica Tarpanelli (IRPI-CNR)
Title

Presenter

14:30 - 14:50 Keynote: Aral Sea Evolution from Satellite Altimetry and other Remote Sensing Data

Jean-Francois Cretaux

CNES-LEGOS

FR

C.K. ShumThe Ohio State
University
ChineseAcademy of
SciencesUSA

Jean-francois Cretaux , Muriel Berge-Nguyen | CNES-LEGOS, Toulouse, France
1

14:50 - 15:10

1

1

Contribution of 25 Years of Satellite Radar Altimetry Towards Enhancing the Great Lakes
Operational Forecasting System

Yuanyuan Jia1, C.K. Shum1,2, Philip Chu3, Yi Chao4, Ehsan Forootan5, Pengfei Xue6, Ting-Yi Yang1, Xiaobin Cai2, Chungyen Kuo7, Jian Sun1 | 1Division of Geodetic Science,
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 2Insitute of Geodesy & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, 3NOAA
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Ann Arbor, USA, 4Remote Sensing Solutions, Monrovia, USA, 5School of Earth and Ocean Science,
Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 6Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA, 7Department of Geomatics, National Cheng
Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

15-years Surface Water Storage Changes of Lakes and Reservoirs in Poyang Lake Basin Based on
15:10 - 15:30
Multi-Spectral Imageries and Multi-Mission Radar Altimetry

C.K. ShumThe Ohio State
University
ChineseAcademy of
SciencesCN

Xiaobin Cai1,2, C.K Shum2,1, Yuanyuan Jia2, Tingyi Yang2 | 1Institute Of Geodesy And Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, wuhan, China, 2Division of
Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, U.S.A

15:30 - 15:50 Estimating 3-D Reservoir Bathymetry from Multi-Satellite Data

Augusto Getirana

NASA

USA

Jida Wang

Kansas State
University

USA

Augusto Getirana1, Hahn Jung | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
11

Lake Storage Variation on the Endorheic Tibetan Plateau and its Attribution to Climate Change
15:50 - 16:10
since the New Millennium

Fangfang Yao1, Jida Wang1, Kehan Yang2, Chao Wang3, Blake Walter1, Jean-François Crétaux4 | 1Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States, 2University ofColorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, 3University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, United States, 4Centre National d’Études Spatiales , Toulouse, France

16:10 - 16:40 Coffee Break11

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Cryosphere #1: Ice Sheet, Glaciers, Ice Cap
Chairs: Jérôme Bouffard (ESA) | Sara Fleury (LEGOS)

14:30 - 14:50

Title

Presenter

Review: Understanding Drivers of Change in Antarctica’s Ice Shelves from 25 years of Continuous
Satellite Radar Altimetry

Matthew Siegfried

Stanford
University

USA

Helen Amanda Fricker1, Susheel Adusumilli1, Fernando Paolo2, Laurie Padman3, Matthew Siegfried4 | 1Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD,
2
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 3Earth & Space Research, 4Stanford University

14:50 - 15:10 Net Retreat of Antarctic Grounding Lines Detected by CryoSat-2 Radar Altimetry

AlfredWegener
Institute

Thomas Slater

DE

Hannes Konrad1, Andrew Shepherd2, Lin Gilbert3, Anna Hogg2, Malcolm McMillan2, Alan Muir3, Thomas Slater2 | 1Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre
for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, 2Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3Centre for
Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, London, United Kingdom

15:10 - 15:30 A Reconciled Estimate of Antarctic Peninsula Mass Balance

Anna Hogg

CPOM

UK

Anna Hogg , An ew Shepherd , Kate Briggs , Lin Gilbert , Alan Muir , Martin Horwath , Thomas Nagler , Jan Wuite , Malcolm McMillan , Noel Gourmelen ,Helmut Rott3 | 1CPOM, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2CPOM, London, United Kingdom, 3ENVEO, Innsbruck, Austria, 4Technical University of esden, esden, Germany,
5
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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15:30 - 15:50 Dual Frequency Radar Altimetry - Measuring Greenland Firn Properties from Space3

3

Sebatian B. Simonsen

1

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DTU Space

DK

Sebatian B. Simonsen1, Louise Sandberg Sørensen1, Lars Stenseng2, Rene Forsberg1 | 1Department Of Geodynamics, Dtu Space, Technical University Of
Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2Department of Geodesy, DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark12

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME
Title

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018
Presenter

Contribution of Satellite Radar Altimetry Towards Quantifying Present-Day Mass Balance Estimates
15:50 - 16:10
C.K. Shumfor Mountain Glaciers and Ice Caps

The Ohio State
University
Chinese Academyof Sciences

USA
CN

C.K. Shum1,9, Yuanyuan Jia1, Vibhor Agarwal1, Jian Sun1, Kung Shang1, Junyi Guo1, Yuchan Yi1, Santiago de La Pena1, Ian Howat2, Chungyen Kuo7, Hyongki
Lee8, Zhiyue Sun8, Qiang Shen9, Guoqing Zhang3, Alexander Braun4, Graham Cogley5, Xiaoli Ding6, Xiaoli Su10 | 1School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, United States, 2Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States, 3Instittue of Tibetan Plateau
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 4Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston,
Canada, 5Department of Geography, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 6Department of Land Survey & Geo-Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 7Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 8Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, United States, 9Institute of Geodesy & Geophyscis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, 10Hauzhong
University of Science & Techology, Wuhan, China

16:10 - 16:40 Coffee Break

16:40 - 18:20 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM Open Ocean #2: Tides, Internal Tides, Internal Waves | Chairs: Florent Lyard (LEGOS) - Richard Ray (NASA)
Title
16:40 - 17:00 Review: Progress and Challenges of the Tide Correction for Altimetry over Last 25 Years

Presenter
Florent Lyard

LEGOSCNRSFR

Florent Lyard1, Loren Carrère2, Mathilde Cancet3, Jean-Michel Lemoine4, Christian Bizouard5, Pascal Gegout6 | 1LEGOS-CNRS, Toulouse, France, 2CLS, Toulouse,
France, 3Noveltis, Toulouse, France, 4GET, Toulouse, France, 5IERS/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France, 6GET, Toulouse

17:00 - 17:20 Keynote: Internal Tides: the View from Satellite Altimetry

Richard Ray

NASA

USA

Richard Ray1, Edward Zaron2, Gary Egbert3 | 1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, 2Portland State University, Portland, United States,
3
Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States13

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DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

Title

Presenter

17:20 - 17:40 Review: A Review of Global Internal Tide and Wave Modeling

UniversityofMichigan

Brian K. Arbic

USA

Brian K. Arbic1, Matthew H. Alford2, Joseph K. Ansong1,3, Maarten C. Buijsman4, J. Thomas Farrar5, Conrad A. Luecke1, Dimitris Menemenlis6, Arin D. Nelson1,
Hans E. Ngodock7, James G. Richman8, Anna C. Savage1,2, Jay F. Shriver7, Innocent Souopgui4, Patrick G. Timko1,9, Alan W. Wallcraft8, Luis Zamudio8, Zhongxiang
Zhao10 | 1University of Michigan, United States, 2UC San Diego,United States, 3University of Ghana, Ghana, 4University of Southern Mississippi, United States,
5
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States, 6NASA JPL, United States, 7NRL Stennis Space Center, United States, 8Florida State University, UnitedStates, 9Welsh Local Centre, United Kingdom, 10Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

17:40 - 18:00 Review: A Review of New Internal-Tides Models and Validation Results

Loren Carrere

CLS

FR

Loren Carrere , Florent Lyard , Romain Baghi , Nicolas Picot , Brian Arbic , Brian Dushaw , Gary Egbert , Svetlana Erofeeva , Richard Ray , Clément Ubelmann1,
Edward Zaron8, Zhongxiang Zhao9, Maarten Buijsman10, James Richman11, Jay Schriver12 | 1CLS, Ramonville-saint-agne, France, 2LEGOS-CNRS, Toulouse, France,
3
CNES, Toulouse, France, 4University of Michigan, United States, 5NERSC, Norway, 6Oregon State University, United States 7NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, UnitedStates, 8Portland State University, United States, 9University of Washington, Seattle, United States, 10U-Southern Mississippi, United States, 11Florida State
University, United States, 12Naval Research Laboratory, United States
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18:20 - 19:30 Icebreaker14

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Land Processes and Inland Water #2: Methods and Rivers
Chairs: Charon Birkett (ESSIC, University of Maryland) - Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS) - Augusto Getirana (NASA-GSFC)

16:40 - 17:00

Title

Presenter

Benefits of the Open Loop Tracking Command (OLTC) : Extending Conventional Nadir Altimetry toInland Water Monitoring

Sophie Le Gac

CNES

FR

Ron Abileah

jOmegak

USA

Sophie Le Gac1, François Boy1, Nicolas Picot1 | 1CNES, Toulouse, France			

17:00 - 17:20 Implications of Specular Echoes for Monitoring of Inland Water Bodies

Ron Abileah1, Stefano Vignudelli2, Andrea Scozzari3 | 1jOmegak, San Carlos, United States, 2Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IBF), Pisa, Italy, 3Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISTI), Pisa, Italy

17:20 - 17:40 Improvements Brought by Updated Water Masks onto Altimetric Measurements over Rivers

Pierre Fabry

Along-Track

USA

Pierre Fabry1, Moein Zohary1, Nicolas Bercher1, Marco Restano2, Américo Ambrozio3, Jérôme Benvéniste4 | 1Along-Track S.A.S., Plougonvelin, France, 2SERCO,
Frascati, Italy, 3DEIMOS, Italy, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

17:40 - 18:00 Multi-Mission Based River Levels

Karina Nielsen

DTU Space

DK

Karina Nielsen1, Elena Zakharova2, Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Lars Stenseng1, Per Knudsen1 | 1DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France

18:00 - 18:20

Evaluating Multiple-Mission Satellite Altimetry Towards Establishing a Long-term Climate Record of Yohuanes Budi
Poorly–Gauged Rivers in Indonesian Borneo
Sulistioadi

Mulawarman
University

IDN

Yohanes Budi Sulistioadi1,4, Ting-yi Yang2, Yuanyuan Jia2, Dedy Cahyadi3, C.K. Shum2 | 1Center of Geo-spatial Information Infrastructure Development(CGIID/PPIIG), Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia, 2Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
United States of America, 3Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia, 4Faculty of Forestry,
Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia

18:20 - 19:30 Icebreaker15

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Cryosphere #2: Sea Ice and Polar Oceanography
Chairs: Jérôme Bouffard (ESA) | Sara Fleury (LEGOS)

16:40 - 17:00

Title

Presenter

Review: 15 Year Climate Data Record of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness from Two Generations of Satellite
Radar Altimeters

Stefan Hendricks

Alfred-WegenerInstitut

DE

Stefan Hendricks1, Stephan Paul1, Robert Ricker1, Eero Rinne2 | 1Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar Und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven,
Germany, 2Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland

17:00 - 17:20

Arctic Sea Ice Floe Size and Thickness Distributions from Multi-decadal Satellite Radar Altimeter
Measurements

Rachel Tillig

CPOM University Of
Leeds

UK

Rachel Tilling1, Andy Ridout2, An ew Shepherd1 | 1CPOM - University Of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2CPOM - University College London, London, United Kingdom

17:20 - 17:40 Arctic Icebergs Climatology 1992-Present from Altimeter Data

Jean Tournadre

Ifremer

FR

Thomas Armitage

JPL

USA

Jean Tournadre , Rozenn Gourves-Cousin | Ifremer, Plouzané, France
1

17:40 - 18:00

1

1

Sea level and Ocean Circulation in the Ice-Covered Polar Oceans: Variability, Change andImplications for Climate

Thomas Armitage1, Ron Kwok1, Sheldon Bacon2, Andrew Thompson3, Alek Petty4, Glenn Cunningham1, Andy Ridout5 | 1JPL, Pasadena, United States, 2National
Oceanography Center, Southampton, United Kingdom, 3California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, 4NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,Greenbelt, United States, 5Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, UK

18:00 - 18:20

Exploring the Synergy of Sea Surface Height, Ocean Bottom Pressure, and Sea Surface Salinity to
Study Arctic Ocean Freshwater Changes

Severine Fournier

JPL

USA

Severine Fournier1, Tony Lee1, Xiaochun Wang2, Ron Kwok1 | 1JPL, Pasadena, United States, 2University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States

18:20 - 19:30 Icebreaker16

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:30 - 8:50 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM Open Ocean #3: Mesoscale–Smaller-Scale Currents | Chairs: Rosemary Morrow (LEGOS) - Bo Qiu (University of Hawaii)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

Review: How Our Understanding of Ocean Mesoscale Eddies Has Evolved over 25 Years

Rosemary Morrow

LEGOS-OMP

FR

Rosemary Morrow1, Lee-Lueng Fu2, J. Thomas Farrar3, Hyodae Seo3, Pierre-Yves Le Traon4 | 1LEGOS-OMP, Toulouse, France, 2JPL-NASA, Pasadena, UnitedStates, 3Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, United States, 4Mercator-Ocean, Ramonville-St-Agne, France

8:50 - 9:10

Review: A Review of 30 Years of Advances in Rossby Wave Theory Prompted by Satellite Altimetry

Remi Tailleux

University ofReading

UK

Ananda Pascual

IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB)

ES

Remi Tailleux1 | 1University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

9:10 - 9:30

Review: Overview of Fine-scale Multiplatform Experiments in the Southwest Mediterranean Sea:
Lessons Learnt in the Last Five Years

Ananda Pascual1, Simón Ruiz1, Antonio Sánchez-Román1, Laura Gómez-Navarro1,2, Bàrbara Barceló-Llull1, Lara Díaz-Barroso1, Pierre Chabert1, Eugenio
Cutolo3, Mara Amelia Freilich4, Emma Heslop3, Benjamin Casas1, Marc Torner3, Baptiste Mourre3, Eva Alou3, Yuri Cotroneo7, Giuseppe Aulicino, Evan
Mason1, Amala Mahadevan4, Joaquin Tintore1,3, Francesco D’Ovidio5, Ronan Fablet6, John Allen3 | 1IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain, 2IGE, Grenoble,
France, 3SOCIB, Palma, Spain, 4WHOI, Woods Hole, United States, 5LOCEAN, Paris, France, 6IMT Atlantique, Brest, France, 7Università degli Studi di Napoli“Parthenope”, Napoli, Italy

9:30 - 9:50

Decadal Mesoscale Eddy Modulations in the Western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Bo QiuUniversity
Of Hawaii

USA

Teresa Chereskin

Scripps
Institution of
Oceanography

USA

Bo Qiu1, Shuiming Chen1 | 1University Of Hawaii At Manoa, Honolulu, United States

9:50 - 10:10

Characterizing the Transition From Balanced to Unbalanced Motions in the Southern California
Current System

Teresa Chereskin1, Sarah Gille1, Cesar Rocha1, Dimitris Menemenlis2 | 1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, 2NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, United States

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break17

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Land Processes and Inland Water #3: Rivers (cont’d), Welands and Soil Moisture
Chairs: Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS) - Alexei Kouraev (LEGOS) - Karina Nielsen (DTU Space)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

The Yukon River in Alaska and the Great Ruaha River in Tanzania: Assessing River and Wetland
Dynamics to Aid Ground-Based Monitoring Networks and Ecological Restoration Projects within
Complex and Diverse River Basins.

Charon Birkett

University of
MarylandUSA

Charon Birkett1, David Bjerklie2, Eric Wolanski3, Mr. Emilian Kihwele4 | 1University Of Maryland, College Park, United States, 2USGS Water Resources
Division, East Hartford, USA, 3TropWATER/CMES James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 4TANAPA, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

8:50 - 9:10

Channel Storage Change: a New Remote Sensed Surface Water Measurement

Steve CossOhio State
University

USA

Steve Coss1, Michael Durand1, Yuchan Yi1, Qi Guo1, C.K. Shum1, George Allen2, Xiao Yang3, Tamlin Pavelsky3 | 1Ohio State University, Columbus, United States, 2NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Pasadina, United States, 3University of North Carolina, Chaple Hill, United States

9:10 - 9:30

Potential of the Radar Altimetry for Estimation of the River Input to the Arctic Ocean

Elena Zakharova

Instituteof Water
Problems

RU

Elena Zakharova1, Karina Nielsen2, Inna Krylenko1, Alexei Kouraev3 | 1Institute of Water Problems, Moscow, Russia, 2DTU SPACE, Lyngby, Denmark, 3LEGOS,
Toulouse, France

9:30 - 9:50

Multi-Mission Satellite Remote Sensing for River Discharge Estimation: Recent Advances andFuture Directions

Angelica Tarpanelli

IRPI-CNR

IT

Angelica Tarpanelli1, Luca Brocca1, Stefania Camici1, Silvia Barbetta1, Christian Massari1, Paolo Filippucci1, Tommaso Moramarco1 | 1IRPI-CNR, Perugia, Italy

9:50 - 10:10

Soil Moisture from Satellite Radar Altimetry - from ERS-2 to Sentinel-3

Philippa BerryRoch
RemoteSensing

UK

Philippa Berry1, Jerome Benveniste2 | 1Roch Remote Sensing, Roch, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom, 2ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break18

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Altimetric Contributions to Gravity Field, Marine Geodesy, Bathymetry Modeling
Chairs: Sean Bruinsma (CNES) - Marie-Hélène Rio (CLS)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

Keynote: Marine Gravity Field Mapping from Altimetry – Advancement with 2nd Generation Altimeters

Ole Baltazar Andersen

DTU Space

DK

Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Per Knudsen1, David Sandwell2, Walter Smith3, David McAdoo3, Karen Marks3 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 2Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States, 3NOAA, Washington, United States

8:50 - 9:10

The Coastal Mean Dynamic Topography in Norway Observed by CryoSat-2 and GOCE

Vegard Ophaug

NMBU

NO

Vegard Ophaug , Martina Idzanovic , Ole Baltazar Andersen | Faculty of Science and Technology (RealTek), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås,
Norway, 2DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark1

9:10 - 9:20

1

2

1

Opportunities and Challenges of Satellite Altimeter Gravity over Lakes

Kirsten Fletcher

GetechUK

Chris Green1,2, Kirsten Fletcher1, Sam Cheyney1,3, Simon Campbell1 | 1Getech, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds,
Leeds, United Kingdom, 3School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

LOGOA DO COGRO Precise Orbit Determination
Chairs: Alexandre Couhert (CNES) - Michiel Otten (ESA)
Title

Presenter

9:20 - 9:40

Future Challenges for POD

Space Agency Groups (CNES, NASA and ESA)

9:40 - 9:42

REAPER Re-Scoped: Updated Orbit Solutions for the Full ERS-1 and ERS-2 Mission Periods

Pieter Visser

Delft
University ofTechnology

NL

CS SI

FR

Pieter Visser1, Michiel Otten2 | 1Delft University Of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 2PosiTim UG, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

9:42 - 9:44

Reprocessing of TOPEX/Poseidon Precise Orbits in the CNES GDR-F Standards

Clément Masson

Eva Jalabert2, Clément Masson1, Alexandre Couhert2, John Moyard2, Flavien Mercier2 | 1CS SI, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France
19

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMME
9:44-9:46

DAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

First Orbit Determination Results for Sentinel-3B

Peter Heike

Positim UG

DEPierre Féménias , Jaime Fernández , Peter Heike | Positim UG, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, GMV AD, Tres Cantos, Spain, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy3

9:46-9:48

2

1

1

2

Improved GNSS Phase Maps in Flight Modelling and Identification, Application on Jason-2 andJason-3

3

Hanane Ait Lakbir

CS SI

FR

Michiel Otten

ESA

DE

Sean Bruinsma

CNES

FR

CNES

FR

CNES

FR

Hanane Ait Lakbir1, F Mercier2, A Couhert2 | 1CS SI, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

9:48 - 9:50

Generating Precise and Homogeneous Orbits for ESA’s Altimetry Missions: ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat,
Cryosat-2, and Sentinel-3A
Michiel Otten1, C Flohrer1, T Springer1, W Enderle1 | 1ESA-ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany

9:50 - 9:52

Latest Results From the Geomed2 Project: Geoid and the DOT in the Mediterranean Area

Sean Bruinsma , Riccardo Barzaghi , Geomed Team | CNES, Toulouse, France, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
1

9:52 - 9:54

2

2

1

2

Jason-3 and Sentinel-3A GPS Processing Using Zero-Difference Integer Ambiguity Fixing

Flavien Mercier

Flavien Mercier , Hanane Ait-Lakbir , Clément Masson , Alexandre Couhert | CNES, Toulouse, France
1

9:54 - 9:56

1

1

1

1

The Geomed2 Combined Geoid Model

Sean Bruinsma

Sean Bruinsma , George Vergos , Franck Reinquin , Ilias Tziavos , Riccardo Barzaghi , Daniela Carrion , Sylvain Bonvalot , Lucia Seoane , Marie-Françoise LequentrecLalancette5, Corinne Salaun5, Per Knudsen6, Ole Andersen6, Marie-Helene Rio7 | 1CNES, Toulouse, France 2Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece,
3
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 4GET UMR 5563, Toulouse, France, 5SHOM, Brest, France, 6DTU Space, Kopenhagen, Denmark, 7CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France
1

9:56 - 9:58

2

1

2

Orbit Validation of Sentinel-3 Mission

3

3

4

4

Jaime Fernández

GMV ADES

Pierre Féménias3, Jaime Fernández2, Heike Peter1, Copernicus POD QWG team | 1Positim UG, Swisttal, Germany, 2GMV AD, Tres Cantos, Spain, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

9:58 - 10:00

Precise Orbit Determination of the Sentinel Satellites with Gipsy-Oasis

Wim Simons

Delft University
Of Technology

NL

Wim Simons1, Pieter Visser1, Marc Naeije1, Copernicus POD QWG team | 1Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 - 12:20 25 Years Progress in Radar Altimetry & IDS Poster Session
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break20

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

14:30 - 16:10 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM 25-Year Altimetric Record #1: Building the Climate Record: Accuracy and Precision over 25 Years of Altimetry Data
Chairs: Michael Ablain (CLS) - Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC) - Josh Willis (NASA/JPL)
Title

Presenter

Review: Evolution of LRM and SAR Altimeter Ocean Data Processing towards Improved
14:00 - 14:20
Performances

Thomas Moreau

CLS

FR

Thomas Moreau1, Pierre Thibaut1, Laiba Amarouche1, Jeremie Aublanc1, Fanny Piras1, Jean-christophe Poisson1, Pierre Rieu1, François Boy2, Alejan o Bohe2,
Nicolas Picot2, Franck Borde3, Constantin Mavrocordatos3, Alejan o Egido4, Walter H. F. Smith4 | 1CLS, Ramonville St Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France,
3
ESA, Noordwijk, The The Netherlands, 4NOAA, College Park, United States

14:20 - 14:40 oward an Overview of CryoSat Data Quality over the Ice and the Ocean

Jerome Bouffard

ESA

IT

Yannice Faugere

CLS

FR

Jérôme Bouffard , Tommaso Parrinello , Pierre Féménias | ESA- ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

1

1

1

14:40 - 15:00 DUACS Multi-Mission Sea Level Products: Continuous Improvements for the Past 20 Years

Yannice Faugere1, Isabelle Pujol1, Ubelmann Clement1, Antoine Delepoulle1, Maxime Ballarotta1, Guillaume Taburet1, Gerald Dibarboure2, Nicolas Picot2
1
CLS, Ramonville, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

15:00 - 15:20 Lessons Learned From 25 years of Cross Calibration of the Altimetry Missions Over Ocean

Sylvie Labroue

CLS

FR

Sylvie Labroue , Michael Ablain , Joel Dorandeu , Annabelle Ollivier , Sabine Philipps , Matthias Raynal , Hélène Roinard , Nicolas Picot | CLS, Ramonville St
Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France
1

15:20 - 15:40

1

1

1

1

In Situ Calibration and Validation of Satellite Altimetry: A Review of 25 Years of Ongoing
Monitoring

1

1

Christopher Watson

2

1

University
Of Tasmania

AU

Christopher Watson1, Pascal Bonnefond2, Bruce Haines3, Stelios Mertikas4 | 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Observatoire de Paris - SYRTE, Paris,
France, 3Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, 4Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break21

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Synergy Between Altimetry, Other Data and Models in Support of Operational Oceanography #1
Chairs: Joël Dorandeu (CLS) - Clara Lázaro (University of Porto) - Gregory Smith (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

14:00 - 14:20

Title

Presenter

Improved Global Surface Currents from the Merging of Altimetry and Sea Surface Temperature
Data

Marie-Helene Rio

CLS

FR

Marie-Helene Rio1, Rosalia Santoleri2, Daniele Ciani2, Gerald Dibarboure3, Nicolas Picot3, Craig Donlon4 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2ISAC-CNR, Rome,
Italy, 3CNES, Toulouse, France, 4ESTEC, Nordwijk, The Netherlands

14:20 - 14:40

Implementation of a Balance Operator in a Multi-Scale Data Assimilation System for Operational
Forecasting

Universityof Southern
Mississippi

Joseph D’Addezio

USA

Joseph D’Addezio1, Innocent Souopgui2, Max Yaremchuk3, Gregg Jacobs3, Scott Smith3, Robert Helber3, Clark Rowley3 | 1University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, United States, 2University of New Orleans, New Orleans, United States, 3Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, United States

14:40 - 15:00 Mapping Ocean Mesoscales with a Combined Doppler Scatterometer and Altimeters Constellation

Clement Ubelmann

CLS

FR

Clement Ubelmann , Marie-Hélène Rio , Fabrice Ardhuin , Gerald Dibarboure | CLS, Ramonville, France, CNES, Toulouse, France, IFREMER, Brest , France
1

15:00 - 15:20

1

3

2

1

Estimating of Any Altimeter Mean Seal Level (MSL) ifts between 1993 and 2017 by Comparison
with Tide-Gauges Measurements

2

3Michaël Ablain

CLS

FR

Mercator
Ocean

FR

Michaël Ablain1, Rémi Jugier1, Nicolas Picot2 | 1CNES, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

15:20 - 15:40

Impact of Altimetry Observations in the Real Time Ocean Monitoring Systems: GODAE OceanView
Observing System Evaluation Studies

Elisabeth Remy

Elisabeth Remy1, Yosuke Fujii2, T GODAE OceanView OSEval Task | 1Mercator Ocean, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2Meteorological Research Institute, Japan
Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan

15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break22

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Advances in our Understanding of Coastal Processes #1
Chairs: Luciana Fenoglio-Marc (University of Bonn) - Stefano Vignudelli (CNR-IBF)

14:00 - 14:20

Title

Presenter

From the Open Ocean to the Coast and Back With ALES: Bypassing Waveform Tail Artefacts to Observe
the Coastal Sea Level Variability

Marcello Passaro

DGFI-TUM

DE

Marcello Passaro1, Paolo Cipollini2, Graham D Quartly3, Walter H F Smith4, Denise Dettmering1, Christian Schwatke1 | 1Deutsches Geodätisches
Forschungsinstitut Der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM), München, Germany, 2Telespazio VEGA UK for ESA Climate Office ECSAT, Didcot, United
Kingdom, 3Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 4National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, United States

14:20 - 14:40

Sentinel-3 SAR Altimetry over Coastal and Open Ocean: Assessment of Improved Retrieval
Methods from the ESA SCOOP ProjectDavid Cotton

Satellite Oceanographic
Consultants

UK

David Cotton1, Thomas Moreau2, Matthias Raynal2, Eduard Makhoul3, Mathilde Cancet4, Luciana Fenoglio-Marc5, Marc Naeije6, M Joana Fernandes7, Clara
Lazaro7, An ew Shaw8, Paolo Cipollini12, Marco Restano9, Américo Ambròsio10, Jérôme Benveniste11 | 1Satellite Oceanographic Consultants, Stockport, United
Kingdom, 2CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 3isardSAT, Guildford, UK, 4Noveltis, Labège, France, 5University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 6Delft University ofTechnology, Delft, The The Netherlands, 7University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 8SKYMAT, Southampton, UK, 9SERCO-ESA, Frascati, Italy, 10DEIMOS-ESA, Frascati,
Italy, 11ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 12Telespazio VEGA-ECSAT, Harwell, UK

14:40 - 15:00

SAMOSA++: A New Coastal SAR Altimetry Retracker and Its Application in German Bight and West
Baltic Sea

Salvatore Dinardo He SpaceDE

Salvatore Dinardo1, Luciana Fenoglio2, Christopher Buchhaupt3, Remko Scharroo4, M. Joana Fernandes5, Jerome Benveniste6, Matthias Becker3 | 1He Space,
Franckfurt, Germany, 2TU Bonn-Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation , Bonn, Germany, 3TU Darmstadt-Institute for Geodesy , Darmstadt, Germany,
4
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 5University of Porto, Faculty of Science, Porto, Portugal, 6ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

15:00 - 15:20

Validation of Improved Significant Wave Heights from the Brown-Peaky Rretracker around East
Coast of Australia

Fukai Peng

The University of
Newcastle

AU

Alice Carret

LEGOS-OMPFRFukai Peng1, Xiaoli Deng1 | 1The University Of Newcastle, Australia, Jesmond, Australia

15:20 - 15:40

Synergy between In-situ and Altimetry Data to Observe and Study the Fine-Scale Dynamics in the
Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean Sea)
Alice Carret1, Florence Birol1, Claude Estournel2 | 1LEGOS-OMP, Toulouse, France, 2LA-OMP, Toulouse, France

15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break23

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

16:10 - 18:20 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM 25-Year Altimetric Record #2: Global Mean Sea Level as a Key Climate Indicator
Chairs: Michael Ablain (CLS) - Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC) - Josh Willis (NASA/JPL)
Title

Presenter

Keynote: Improvements in Accurately Measuring Sea Level Change from Space and Expectations
16:10 - 16:30
for the Future: an ESA Climate Change Initiative

Michaël Ablain

CLS

FR

Michaël Ablain1, Anny Cazenave2, Benoît Meyssignac2, Jean-François Legeais1, Jérôme Benveniste3 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse,
France, 3ESA- ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

16:30 - 16:50 Sea Level Rise as Measured by 11 Satellite Radar Altimeters

Remko Scharroo

EUMETSATDE

Remko Scharroo1, Eric Leuliette2, Amanda Plagge2,3 | 1EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 2NOAA Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, USA, 3GST Inc.,
Greenbelt, USA

16:50 - 17:10 A Review of the Global Sea Level Record Construction with 25 Years of Reference Missions

Benoit Legresy

CSIRO

AU

Benoit Legresy , Christopher Watson , John Church | CSIRO Climate Science Centre, Hobart, Australia, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Universityof New South Whales, Sydney, Australia
1

2

3

1

2

17:10 - 17:30 Acceleration and Long Term Rise in Global Sea Level: A TOPEX Perspective

3

Josh Willis

JPL

USA

Josh Willis , Philip Callahan , Shailen Desai , Nicolas Picot , Helene Roinard , Jean-Damien Desjonqueres , Matthieu Talpe , Thierry Guinle , Glenn Shirtliffe |1
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, United States, 2Centre Nationale des Etudes Spatial, Toulouse, France, 3Collecte Localisation Satellites,
Ramonville, France
1

1

1

2

17:30 - 17:50 Searching for Acceleration in Regional Sea Level Measurements

3

1

1

Benjamin Hamlington

2

1

Old
Dominion
University

USA

Benjamin Hamlington1, Robert Nerem2, John Fasullo3, Brian Beckley4 | 1Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States, 2University of Colorado, Boulder, UnitedStates, 3NCAR, Boulder, USA, 4NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States24

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Synergy Between Altimetry, Other Data and Models in Support of Operational Oceanography #2
Chairs: Joël Dorandeu (CLS) - Clara Lázaro (University of Porto) - Gregory Smith (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Title
Combination of AVISO/DUACS and Argo Data Sets to Follow the Evolution of Long Lived Eddies and16:10 - 16:30
their 3D Structure from 2000 to 2015 in the Mediterranean Sea.

Presenter
Alex Stegner

CNRS, Ecole
Polytechnique

FR

Alex Stegner1, Briac LeVu1, Cori Pegliasco2, Alexis Chaigneau2, Artemis Ioannou1, Franck Dumas3, Yannice Faugere4, Xavier Carton5 | 1LMD, CNRS, Ecole
Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2LEGOS, CNRS, Toulouse, France, 3SHOM, Brest, France, 4CLS, Toulouse, France, 5LOPS, UBO, IUEM, Brest, France

16:30 - 16:50

Influence of North Atlantic Teleconnection Patterns on Sea Level Anomaly of the North Atlantic
Ocean and Seas around Europe

Clara Lázaro

University Of Porto,
Faculty Of Sciences

PT

Clara Lázaro1,2, Nieves Lorenzo3, Joana Fernandes1,2, Luisa Bastos1,2, Isabel Iglesias2 | 1Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Porto, Portugal, 2Centro
Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, PORTUGAL, 3Environmental Physics Laboratory, Facultadde Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, Ourense, Spain

Summary of Results from CASSIS Project: Southwestern Atlantic Currents From In-Situ and
16:50 - 17:10
Satellite Altimetry

Martin Saraceno

University Of Buenos
Aires
CIMA/CONICET-UBA
UMI-IFAECI/CNRSCONICET-UBA

AR

Martin Saraceno1,2,3, Guillermina Paniagua1,2,3, Loreley Lago2,3,4, Camila Artana6, Ramiro Ferrari1,2,3, Alberto Piola2,3,5, Christine Provost6, Raul Guerrero4 |University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2CIMA/CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4INIDEP, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 5Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6LOCEAN/UMR 7159, Paris, France

1

17:10 - 17:30 Transport Efficiency of an Agulhas Ring from Combined Satellite Altimetry and Argo iles

Francesco Nencioli

Plymouth Marine
Laboratory

UK

University College
LondonUK

Francesco Nencioli1, Giorgio Dall’Olmo1, Graham Quartly1 | 1Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom

17:30 - 17:50 Radar Altimeters for Enhanced Polar Ocean Observations

Michel Tsamados

Tiago Dotto2, Michel Tsamados1, Harry Heorton1, Andrew Ridout1, Isobel Lawrence1, Sheldon Bacon2, Alberto Naveiro-Garabato3 | 1University College London, London,
United Kingdom, 2National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, UK, 3Universtity of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 4NASA JPL, United States25

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEDAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Advances in our Understanding of Coastal Processes #2
Chairs: Mathilde Cancet (NOVELTIS) - Marcello Passaro (TUM)
Title

Presenter

16:10 - 16:30 Coastal Sea Level Trends

Luciana Fenoglio University of BonnDE

Luciana Fenoglio , Salvatore Dinardo , Bern Uebbing , Joanna Staneva , Remko Scharroo , Joana Fernandes , Jerome Benveniste , Christopher Buchhaupt ,Matthias Becker4, Jürgen Kusche1 | 1University Of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 3ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Germany, 4Technical
University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, 5University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 6Institute of Coastal Research , Geesthacht, Germany
1

2

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6

2

16:30 - 16:50 Under-Estimated Wave Contribution to Coastal Sea Level Change and Rise

5

3

4

Angelique Melet

Mercator Ocean

FR

Angelique Melet1, Benoit Meyssignac2, Rafael Almar2, Gonéri Le Cozannet3 | 1Mercator Ocean, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2LEGOS, Université de Toulouse,
CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France, 3BRGM / French Geological Survey, Orléans, France

16:50 - 17:10

Seamless Geoids across Coastal Zones: Comparison of Satellite and Airborne Gravity across theSeven Continents – and an Azores Heritage Case

Rene Forsberg

DTU Space

DK

Rene Forsberg1, Arne Olesen1, Daniel Barnes2, Sarah Ingalls2, Clifton Minter2, Manny Presicci2 | 1DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark, 2National GeospatialIntelligence Agency, Arnold, USA

17:10 - 17:30

The Impact of Satellite Altimeter Observations on Estimates of Cross-Shelf Fluxes in the MidAtlantic Bight

Andrew Moore

University ofCalifornia Santa Cruz

USA

Andrew Moore1, John Wilkin2, Julia Levin2, Hernan Arango2 | 1University Of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, 2Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, United States

17:30 - 17:50 Can Ocean Temperature Changes Around the Greenland Ice Sheet Be Inferred With Altimetry

Ian Fenty

JPL

USA

Ian Fenty , Robert Nerem | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences/U. of
Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, USA
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2

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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:30 - 10:10 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM 25-Year Altimetric Record #3: Ongoing Scientific and Technical Challenges
Chairs: Michael Ablain (CLS) - Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC) - Josh Willis (NASA/JPL)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

Review: 25 years of Sea Level Records from the Arctic Ocean Using Radar Altimetry

Rose Stine
Kildegaard

Technical Universityof Denmark - DTU
Space

DK

Stine Kildegaard Rose1, Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Marcello Passaro2, Jérôme Benveniste3 | 1Technical University of Denmark - DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark,2
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

8:50 - 9:10

Towards a Methodology for Estimating Extreme Return Levels and Its Climate Variability of Coastal
Sea Level from Satellite Altimetry

Hector Lobeto

Environmental
Hydraulics Institute,
Universidad de
Cantabria

ES

Atmospheric andEnvironmental
Research

USA

Hector Lobeto1, Melisa Menendez1 | 1Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

9:10 - 9:30

Understanding the Relation Between Sea Level and Bottom Pressure Variability: Recent Progress
and Future Challenges

Rui Ponte

Rui Ponte1, Christopher Piecuch2 | 1Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, United States, 2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, United States

9:30 - 9:50

25 years of Wet Tropospheric Correction: Long Term Stability Assessment Using Double Difference Method

Marie-Laure Frery

CLS

FR

Marie-laure Frery , Bruno Picard , Mathilde Siméon , Christophe Goldstein , Pierre Féménias , Remkoo Scharroo | CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France,
2
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France, 3European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy, 4EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
1

9:50 - 10:10

Sea State Bias: 25 Years on

1

1

2

3

4

1

Christine
Gommenginger

National
Oceanography
CentreUK

Christine Gommenginger1, Meric Srokosz1, Claire Bellingham1, Helen Snaith1, Nelson Pires2, M. Joana Fernandes2, Ngan Tran3, Doug Vandemark4, Thomas
Moreau3, Sylvie Labroue3, Remko Scharroo5 | 1National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2University of Porto, Porto, Portugal,
3
Collecte Localisation Satellites, Toulouse, France, 4University of New Hampshire, Hampshire, United States, 5EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break27

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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Synergy Between Altimetry, other Data and Models in Support of Operational Oceanography #3
Chairs: Joël Dorandeu (CLS), Clara Lázaro (University of Porto), Gregory Smith (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

Assimilation of High-Resolution Altimetry in a 2-km Canadian East Coast Forecasting System

Gregory Smith

Meteorological Research
Division, Environment And
Climate Change Canada

CA

Gregory Smith1, Claire Dufau2, Mounir Benkiran3, Yimin Liu4, Fraser Davidson5 | 1Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Dorval, Canada, 2CLS, Toulouse, France, 3Mercator Océan International, Toulouse, France, 4Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, Dorval, Canada, 5Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John’s, Canada

8:50 - 9:10

Toward New Validation Concept for High-Resolution and Coastal Altimetry: Application to the
Ligurian Sea

Marco Meloni

Serco

IT

Marco Meloni1, Jerome Bouffard3, Andrea Doglioli2, Anne Petrenko2, Guillaume Valladeau4 | 1Serco, Frascati, Italy, 2MIO (Mediterranean Institute of
Oceanography), Marseille, France, 3Rhea c/o ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4CLS, Toulouse, France

9:10 - 9:30

A New Synergetic Approach for the Determination of the Sea-Surface Currents in the
Mediterranean Sea

Daniele Ciani

National ResearchCouncil of Italy

IT

Daniele Ciani1, Marie-Hélène Rio2, Rosalia Santoleri1 | 1National Research Council Of Italy, Rome, Italy, 2Collecte Localisation Satellites, Toulouse, France

9:30 - 9:50

Continuous Transition of Kinetic Energy Spectra and Fluxes between Mesoscale and Submesoscale

Sung Yong Kim

Korea Advanced
Institute of Science
And Technology

KR

Camila Artana

Locean Sorbonne
Universite

FR

Sung Yong Kim1 | 1Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

9:50 - 10:10

The Malvinas Current System from 25 years of MERCATOR-Ocean Operational Reanalysis: Fronts,
Recirculation Cells, Vertical Motions and Blocking Events

Camila Artana1, Jean-Michel Lellouche2, Young-Hyang Park1, Gilles Garric2, Zoé Koenig1, Nathalie Sennéchael1, Ramiro Ferrari3, Alberto Piola4, Martin
Saraceno5, Christine Provost1 | 1Locean Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France, 2MERCATOR-OCEAN, Ramonville St. Agne, Frace, 3CIMA/CONICET-UBA and UMIIFAECI-3351, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Departamento de Oceanografia, Servicio de Hidrogrqfia Naval, DCAO/FCEN/UBA and UMI IFAECI-3351, CONICET,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5CIMA/CONICET-UBA, DCAO/FCEN/UBA and UMI IFAECI-335, Buenos Aires, Argentina

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break28

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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Outlook #1: Sea Level and Ocean Circulation: Continuity and Improved Resolution
Chairs: Lee-Lueng Fu (NASA/JPL) - Clément Ubelmann (CLS)

8:30 - 8:50

Title

Presenter

Sentinel-3A Contribution to the Continuity of Sea-Level Rise

Cristina Martin-Puig

EUMETSAT

DE

Cristina Martin-Puig1, Remko Scharroo1, Carolina Nogueira-Loddo1, Bruno Lucas1,2, Salvatore Dinardo1,2 | 1EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 2HE Space,
Darmstadt, Germany

8:50 - 9:10

The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS Mission

Craig Donlon

ESA

NL

Craig Donlon , Robert Cullen , Luisella Giulicchi , Pierrik Vuillemier , Remko Scharroo , , Eric Leuliette , Joshua K. Willis , Parag V.Vaze , Pascal Bonnefond |1
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 3NOAA, Silver Springs, United States, 4NASA, JPL, United States, 5Obvervatoire deParis - SYRTE, Paris, France
1

9:10 - 9:30

1

1

1

2 2

3

4

Observing the Ocean Surface Topography at High Resolution by the Surface Water and Ocean
Topography (SWOT) Mission

Rosemary Morrow

4

5

LEGOS

USA

Lee-lueng Fu1, Rosemary Morrow2 | 1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France

9:30 - 9:50

Development of Hydrologic Science and Applications from the Surface Water and Ocean
Topography (SWOT) Mission

Tamlin Pavelsky

Univ. of North
Carolina

FR

Tamlin Pavelsky2, Jean-Francois Cretaux1 | 1CNES-LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2Dept of Geological Sc. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

9:50 - 10:10

On the Spatial Scale of the Future SWOT KaRIN Measurement over the Ocean

Lee-Lueng Fu

JPL

USA

Jinbo Wang , Lee-Lueng Fu , Hector Torres Gutierrez , Dimitris Menemenlis , Shuiming Chen , Bo Qiu | Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Pasadena, UnitedStates, 2University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States
1

1

1

1

2

2

1

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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

10:40 - 12:20 | Parallel Sessions
AUDITORIUM Advances in Our Understanding of Wave Observations and Their Applications
Chairs: Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF) - Fabrice Ardhuin (LOPS) - Céline Tison (CNES)
Title
Keynote: From Azores to Azores, 100 Years of Wave Observations for Forecasting: A Living History
10:40 - 11:00
and Challenges Ahead

Presenter
Fabrice Ardhuin

LOPS

FR

Stylianos
Flampouris

IMSG at EMC/NCEP/
NWS/NOAA

USA

Fabrice Ardhuin1, Alvaro Semedo2 | 1LOPS, Plouzané, France, 2IHE-Delft, Delft, The The Netherlands

11:00 - 11:15 Incorporation of the Satellite Altimetry to the Wave Analysis, Forecast, and Verification at NWS

Stylianos Flampouris1, Jacob R. Carley2, Deanna Spindler1 | 1IMSG at EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, College Park, United States, 2EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, College Park,
United States

11:15 - 11:30 Detection of Ocean Whitecapping and its Variability Using Jason Radiometer and Radar Datasets

Doug Vandemark

University of New
Hampshire

USA

Doug Vandemark1, Hui Feng1, Bertand Chapron2, Yves Quilfen2 | 1University Of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, 2IFREMER, Plouzane, France

11:30 - 11:45 Radar Altimeter Wind and Wave Data - Delay Doppler versus Conventional

Saleh Abdalla

ECMWF

UK

Lotfi Aouf

Meteo-France

FR

University of
MarylandUSA

Saleh Abdalla1 | 1ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom

REVIEW: Toward a More and More Accurate Operational Wave Forecasting System: Thanks to
11:45 - 12:05
Altimetry

Lotfi Aouf1, Alice Dalphinet1, Danièle Hauser2 | 1Meteo-France, Toulouse, France, 2LATMOS/CNRS, Paris, France
12:05 - 12:20

Significant Wave Height in the Subpolar Seas of the Arctic: Monitoring Change over Two Decadeswith Satellite Radar Altimetry

Sinead Louise
FarrellJohn M Kuhn2, Kyle Duncan1, Sinead L Farrell1 | 1University of Maryland / ESSIC, College Park, United States, 2NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry,
College Park, United States30

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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

LAGOA DAS 7 CIDADES Outreach, Education and Altimetric Data Services
Chairs: Américo Ambrózio (ESA) - Jessica Hausman (NASA/JPL) - Vinca Rosmorduc (CLS) - Margaret Srinivasan (NASA/JPL)
Title

Presenter

10:40 - 11:00 ARGONAUTICA, an Educational Project Using JASON Data

Danielle De Staerke

CNES

FR

Annie Richardson

JPL

USA

Vinca Rosmorduc

CLS

FR

Danielle De Staerke1 | 1Cnes, Toulouse, France

11:00 - 11:20

25 Years of Education and Public Outreach for Ocean Radar Altimetry at NASA/Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
Annie Richardson1, Margaret Srinivasan1 | 1NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States

11:20 - 11:40 EUMETSAT Training in Ocean Remote Sensing

Vinca Rosmorduc1, Christine Traeger Chatterjee3, Hayley Evers-King2, Ben Loveday2 | 1CLS, Ramonville Stagne, France, 2Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth,
United Kingdom, 3EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

11:40 - 12:00 The Evolution of Data Accessibility at PO.DAAC: Seasat to SWOT

Jessica Hausman

JPL

USA

CLS

FR

Jessica Hausman1, Christopher Finch1, David Moroni1, Michael Gangl1 | 1JPL PO.DAAC, Pasadena, United States

12:00 - 12:20

Twenty Five Years of User Services for Altimetry Satellite Data: Aviso Experience and Lessons
LearnedLaurent Soudarin

Laurent Soudarin1, Vinca Rosmorduc1, Thierry Guinle2 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

LOGOA DO CONGRO Outlook #2: Sea State, Polar Oceans and New Techniques | Chairs: Robert Cullen (ESA) - Mark Drinkwater (ESA)
Title

Presenter

10:40 - 11:00 CFOSAT mission, Towards the launch

Cédric Tourain

CNES

FR

Cédric Tourain1, Céline Tison1, Raquel Rodriguez Suquet1, Patrick Castillan1, Flavien Gouillon1 | 1Cnes, Toulouse, France

11:00 - 11:20 Development of a Potential Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission

Robert Cullen

EA

NL

Robert Cullen , Michael Kern , Gerhard Ressler , Ignacio Navas Traver , Rolv Midthassel , Michael Ludwig , Antonio Gabriele , Arnaud Lecuyot , Tania Casal ,Tommaso Parrinello2, Bruno Berruti1 | 1ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
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DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

LOGOA DO COGRO Outlook #2: Sea State, Polar Oceans and New Techniques | Chairs: Robert Cullen (ESA) - Mark Drinkwater (ESA)
Title

Presenter

11:20 - 11:40 The SKIM Mission for ESA Earth Explorer 9: a Pathfinder for Doppler Oceanography from Space

Fabrice Ardhuin

LOPS

FR

Jean-Claude Lalaurie

CNES

FR

Rolv Midthassel

CNES

NL

Fabrice Ardhuin1, The SKIM Team1 | 1LOPS, Plouzané, France

11:40 - 12:00 A New Altimeter Concept for the Estimation of the Ocean Surface Directional Slopes
Jean-Claude Lalaurie , Laiba Amarouche , Emmanuel Fall | CNES, Toulouse, France, CLS, Toulouse, France
1

2

2

1

2

11:40 - 12:00 Radiometer for Coastal Altimetry

Rolv Midthassel1, Bruno Picard2, Massimo Labriola3, Silvio Varchetta4 | 1ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2CLS, Toulouse, France, 3Airbus Defence andSpace, Madrid, Spain, 4Thales Alenia Space , Rome, Italy

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:40

Plenary Closing Session Keynotes

Chairs: Jérôme Benveniste (ESA) - Pascal Bonnefond (Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE)

14:00 - 14:00 Keynotes by the winners of the 2018 Argonautica contest

CNES
Observatoirede Paris-SYRTE

FR

Delegate Students

LycéeInternationalde Valbonne

FR

Delegate StudentsCollège Elise
Deroche

FR

Danielle De Staerke
Pascal Bonnefond

Danielle De Staerke1, Pascal Bonnefond2 | 1CNES, Toulouse, France, 2Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE, Paris, France

14:00 - 14:10 Argonautica: Ocean, climate and pollution
Delegate Students1 | 1Lycée International de Valbonne, Valbonne, France

14:10 - 14:20 Argonautica: Naïades of the Garonne River
Delegate Students1 | 1Collège Elise Deroche, Pian sur Garonne, France32

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14:00 - 15:40

Plenary Closing Session Keynotes

DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

Chairs: Jérôme Benveniste (ESA) - Pascal Bonnefond (Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE)

14:40 - 15:00 SARAL/AltiKa: The Emblematic Ka-Band Altimetric Mission

Jacques Verron

IGE/CNRSFR

Jacques A Verron1, Pascal Bonnefond2, Lotfi Aouf3, Florence Birol4, Suchandra A. Bhomwick5, Stéphane Calmant4, JF Crétaux4, Gérald Dibarboure6, AK Dubey5,
Yannice Faugère7, Sara Fleury4, PK Gupta5, Raj Kumar5, Rosemary Morrow4, Elisabeth Rémy8, Frédérique Rémy4, WHF Smith9, Jean Tounadre10, KN Babu5,
Mathilde Cancet11, Aditya Chaudhary5, Frédéric Frappart4, BJ Haines12, Olivier Laurain13, Annabelle Olivier7, JC Poisson7, Rashmi Sharma5, Pierre Thibaut7, C
Watson14 | 1IGE/CNRS, Grenoble, France, 2SYRTE, Paris, France, 3Météo-France, Toulouse, France, 4LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 5SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad, India,
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CNES, Toulouse, France, 7CLS, Toulouse, France, 8Mercator-Océan, Toulouse, France, 9NOAA, College Park, USA, 10IFREMER, Brest, France, 11Noveltis, Toulouse,
France, 12JPL, Pasadena, France, 13GeoAzur, Sophia Antipolis, France, 14University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

15:00 - 15:20 The Evolution and Status of Wide-Swath Altimetry

Ernesto Rodriguez

JPL

USA

Thales Alenia
Space

FR

Ernesto Rodriguez , Daniel Esteban-Fernandez , Eva Peral , Curtis Chen , Jan Willem De Blesser , Brent Williams
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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15:20 - 15:40 Achievements and Progress in Thales Alenia Space - Radar Altimeters Product Line

Laurent Phalippou

Laurent Phalippou1, Eric Caubet1, Jacques Richard1, Albert Cerro1, Laurent Rey1, Sophie Coutin-Faye2, Alain Mallet2, Céline Tison2, Pierluigi Silvestrin3, Erik De
Witte3, Robert Cullen3 | 1Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France, 3ESA, Noordwijk, The The Netherlands

15:20 - 15:40

Benefits of New Altimetry Techniques over Non-Ocean Surfaces: A Synthesis of CLS/CNES Recent
Studies

Pierre Thibaut

CLS

FR

Pierre Thibaut1, Thomas Moreau1, Jérémie Aublanc1, Fanny Piras1, Nicolas Longepe1, François Boy2, Amandine Guillot2, Sophie Le Gac2, Nicolas Picot2
1
CLS, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break33

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16:10

DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

Closing Session Round Tables
Moderators: Barbara Ryan, ex-Secretariat Director of GEO, and Jacques Verron, IGE/U. Grenoble

16:10 - 17:10 Round Table 1: Future Observational Requirements
Lee-Lueng Fu (JPL)
Benoit Meyssignac (LEGOS)Joël Dorandeu (CLS)David Cotton (SAToc)
Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS)
Cécile Kittel (DTU)
Sinead Farrell (NOAA)
Rene Forsberg (DTU)
17:10 - 18:10 Round Table 2: Future Missions and ProgrammesMark Drinkwater (ESA)
Juliette Lambin (CNES)
Eric Lindstrom (NASA)
Eric Leuliette (NOAA)
Cristian Bank (EUMETSAT)
Pierre-Yves LeTraon (Mercator-Ocean)
Mauro Facchini (EC DG-GROW)
Gilles Ollier (EC DG-RTD)
18:10 - 18:20 Closing remarks

Jérôme Benveniste

18:20 - 19:00 Freshen-up
19:00 - 23:00 Symposium Dinner34

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEPOSTER SESSION

1. 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry: a Historical Perspective
1

A Finer Understanding of the Processes Affecting Ocean Backscatter

Graham Quartly

Plymouth Marine
Laboratory

UK

Annabelle Ollivier

CLS

FR

Graham Quartly1 | 1Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2

Still Learning From ENVISAT 10-Year Altimetric Mission, 6 Years After Its End

Annabelle Ollivier , Stephanie Urien , Nicolas Picot , Pierre Féménias , Thierry Guinle | 1CLS, Ramonville, France, CNES, Toulouse, France, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
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3

1

2

3

2

The Copernicus Space Infrastructure: Status & Future

2

3

Simon L. G. Jutz

ESA

IT

Pierre Féménias

ESA

IT

NERC

UK

Simon L. G. Jutz | ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

4

1

ESA Fundamental Climate Data Record for ALTimetry Project (FCDR4ALT)"Pierre Féménias1, Jérôme Bouffard1, Mirko Albani1, Gabriele Brizzi2 | 1ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 2SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

5

Polar Altimetry

Duncan Wingham

Andrew Shepherd1, Professor Duncan Wingham2, Alan Muir2, Andy Ridout2, Lin Gibert2, Mal McMillan1, Racheal Tilling1, Hannes Konrad1, Tom Slater1, Ines Otosaka1, Anna
Hogg1, Noel Gourmelen3 | 1CPOM, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2NERC, Swindon, United Kingdom, 3CPOM, London, United Kingdom, 4University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom

6

The Ocean Mean Dynamic Topography: 25 Years of Improvements

Marie-Helene Rio

CLS

FR

Marie-helene Rio , Sandrine Mulet , Gerald Dibarbourmne , Nicolas Picot | CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, CNES, Toulouse, France
1

7

1

2

2

1

The Younger, Thinner, Faster Arctic Sea Ice Cover: Tracking Change Over Fifteen Years

2

Sinead Louise Farrell

University of Maryland/
ESSIC
Oregon State University/
CEOAS

USA

Sinead Louise Farrell1, 2, Jennifer Hutchings3, Kyle Duncan1, 2, Joshua McCurry1, 2
University of Maryland/ ESSIC, College Park , United States, 2Oregon State University/ CEOAS, Corvallis, United States, 3NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, College
Park, United States

1

8

Twenty-Five Years of Progress in Sea Floor Mapping by Satellite Altimetry

Walter Smith

NOAA

USA

Walter Smith, David Sandwell2, Karen Marks1, Ole Andersen3 | 1NOAA Laboratory For Satelite Altimetry, College Park, United States, 2Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
La Jolla, United States, 3Danish Space Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2. Advances in our Understanding of the Open Ocean
9

The Contribution of Barotropic Processes to the Sea Level Variability in the Southern
Ocean and to the Variability of the ACC Transport Across the Kerguelen Plateau at
Interannual Time Scales.

Frederic Vivier

CNRS/LOCEAN-IPSL/
Sorbonne Universités

FR

Frederic Vivier1, Young-Hyang Park2, Wilbert Weijer3 | 1CNRS/ LOCEAN-IPSL/Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France, 2MNHN/LOCEAN-IPSL/Sorbonne Universités, Paris,
France, 3 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA

10

A Western Tropical Atlantic Circulation Analysis Using Statistics and Satellites

Sabine Arnault

LOCEANFR

Antoine Delepoulle

CLS

FR

Sabine Arnault1, Sylvie Thiria1 | 1LOCEAN UMR CNRS IRD UPMC MNHN, Paris, France

11

25 Year Mesoscale Eddy Trajectory Atlas on AVISO

Antoine Delepoulle , Yannice Faugere , Dudley Chelton | CLS, Ramonville-saint-agne, France, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
1

12

1

2

1

2

Assessing Gridded Hydrographic Observations Against Satellite Data to Investigate theSouthern Ocean’s Mixed Layer Budget at Interannual Time Scales

Frederic Vivier

CNRS/LOCEAN-IPSL/
Sorbonne UniversitésFR

Ashray Nenaru1,2, Frederic Vivier2, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk3, Antoine Ducoin1 | 1LHEAA, CNRS UM6598, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France, 2CNRS/LOCEAN-IPSL/
Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France, 3UBO, UMR-6523 LPO, CNRS/Ifremer/IRD/UBO, Plouzané, France

13

A Comparison of Global Nonstationary Semidiurnal Internal Tidal Sea Surface Height Variance
between Altimeter Observations and A High Resolution Global General Circulation Model

Arin Nelson

University of Michigan

USA“Arin Nelson1, Brian Arbic1, Edward Zaron2, Jay Shriver3 | 1University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, 2Portland State University, Portland, United States, 3Naval
Research Laboratory, Stennis, United States”				

14

Spectral Signatures of the Tropical Pacific Dynamics from Model and Altimetry: A Focus on
the Meso/Submesoscale Range

Lionel Gourdeau

LEGOS

FR

Michel Tchilibou1, Lionel Gourdeau1, Rosemary Morrow1, Guillaume Serazin1, Bugshin Djath2, Florent Lyard1 | 1LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2 HZG, Geesthacht, Germany

36

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15

Evolution of Sea-Level Variability from Open Ocean to Coastal Zones in the South China Sea

POSTER SESSION

Dongju Peng

Earth Observatory ofSingaporeSG

Dongju Peng1, Emma Hill1,2, Aron Meltzner1,2, Adam Switzer1,2 | 1Earth Observatory Of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, 2Asian Schoolof Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

16

Patterns and Variability in Sea Surface Height: Linkages to Low Frequency Variability ofNorth Atlantic Circulation

LuAnne Thompson

University ofWashington

USA

Oregon State University

USA

Xiaoli Deng

University of Newcastle

AU

Hindumathi K Palanisamy

LEGOS

FR

LuAnne Thompson1, Robert Wills1, Kyle Armour1, David Battisti1, Dennis Hartmann1| 1University Of Washington, Seattle, United States

17

Altimetric Analyses of Oceanographic Pathways during El Niño Events: Connections
Between the Equator and West Coasts of North and South America

Ted Strub

Ted Strub1, Corinne James1, Craig Risien1, Ricardo Matano1, Vincent Combes1 | 1Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States

18

Extracting Periodic Signals of the Sea Level Variations and Their Relation To Climate
Indices Around Australia
Armin Agha Karimi1, Xiaoli Deng1 | 1University Of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

19

Assessment of Annual Sea Level Budget Since 2005

Hindumathi K Palanisamy1, Anny Cazenave1, Karina vonSchuckmann2, William Llovel1 | 1LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2Mercator Ocean, Toulouse, France20

Numerical Modelling of Non-Tidal Ocean Dynamics for the Reduction of Spatio-Temporal
Aliasing in Global Grids of Sea-Level Anomalies From Radar Altimetry

Henryk Dobslaw

GFZ

DE

Clément Le Goff

E-odynFR

Henryk Dobslaw1, Saskia Esselborn1 | 1Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany

21

Complementing Satellite Altimeter Measurements with AIS Data to more Precisely Monitor
the Aghulas Current

Clément Le Goff1, Bertrand Chapron2, Tournadre Jean2, Guichoux Yann1 | 1E-odyn, Plouzane, France, 2Ifremer LOPS, Plouzane, France37

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22

Satellite Altimeter Combined Measurements and Local Persistent Small-Scale OceanAtmosphere Signatures

POSTER SESSION
Yves Quilfen

Laboratoired'Océanographie
Physique et Spatiale

RU

Yves Quilfen1, Bertrand Chapron1, Fabrice Ardhuin1, Maria Yurovskaya2 | 1Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France, 2Marine HydrophysicalInstitute RAS, Sebastopol, Russia

23

Global Wavenumber Spectra from SARAL/Altika and Sentinel-3 Observations

Oscar Vergara

LEGOS IRD/CNES/CNRS/ FR
University of Toulouse

Oscar Vergara1, Rosemary Morrow1, Isabelle Pujol2, Gerlad Dibarboure3 | 1LEGOS IRD/CNES/CNRS/University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 2CLS Space Oceanography,
Toulouse, France, 3CNES, Toulouse, France24

Ocean Meso Scale in the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Global Ocean
Eddy-Resolving Physical Analysis, Forecasting and Reanalysis

Yann Drillet

Mercator Ocean

FR

LOCEAN, Sorbonne
Université

FR

Yann Drillet1, Jean Michel Lellouche1, Romain Bourdalle Badie1 | 1Mercator Ocean, Ramonville St Agne, France

25

ACC Circulation and its Variability in the Udintsev Fracture Zone From Altimetry and in Situ
Observations

Young-Hyang Park

Young-Hyang Park1, Christine Provostn1, Isabelle Durand1, Jae-Hak Lee2, Sang-Hoon Lee3, Isabelle Pujol4, Jean-Michel Lellouche5, Gilles Garric5 | 1LOCEAN, Sorbonne
Université, Paris, France, 2KIOST, Pusan, Korea, 3KOPRI, Incheon, Korea, 4CLS, Toulouse, France, 5MERCATOR-OCEAN, Ramonville St. Agne, France

26

High Resolution Tidal Modelling at Regional Scales

Mathilde Cancet

NOVELTIS

FR

IFREMER

FR

Mathilde Cancet , Florent Lyard , Florence Toublanc | NOVELTIS, Labège, France, LEGOS, Toulouse, France
1

27

2

1

1

2

Surface Film Thickness From Ku/C Band Backscatter Relation

Jean Tournadre

Jean Tournadre1, Doug Vandemark2, Feng Hui2, Bertrand Chapron1 | 1IFREMER, Plouzané, France, 2University New-Hampshire, Durham, USA

28

Sea Level and Ocean Heat Content Variations of the Antarctic Continental Shelf

Ichiro Fukumor

JPL

USA

Andrew Delman

JPL

USA

University of Hawaii

USA

Ichiro Fukumori1, Ou Wang1, Ian Fenty1 | 1JPL, Pasadena, United States

29

Interannual Variability of Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Andrew Delman , Tong Lee , Bo Qiu | JPL, Pasadena, United States, University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, United States
1

30

1

2

1

2

Diagnosing the Drivers of Regional Decadal Sea Level Change With ECCO

Philip Thompson

Philip Thompson1, Chris Piecuch2, Rui Ponte3, Mark Merrifield4 | 1University Of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States, 2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole,
United States, 3Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, United States, 4Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, San Diego, United States38

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31

How Does Resolution and Data Assimilation Affect the Predictability of Internal Tides in a
Global Ocean Circulation Model?

POSTER SESSION
Maarten Buijsman

University Of Southern
Mississippi

USA

Maarten Buijsman1, Jay Shriver2, Gordon Stephenson1, Chan-Hoo Jeon1, Brian Arbic3, James Richman4 | 1University Of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, United States,
2
Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, United States, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, 4Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States

32

25 years of Monitoring the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage

Zoé Koenig

LOCEAN/Sorbonne
Universite/CNRS/UPMC

FR

Zoé Koenig1, Camila Artana1, Ramiro Ferrari2, Nathalie Sennéchael1, Young-Hyang Park1, Gilles Garric3, Christine Provost1 | 1LOCEAN Sorbonne Universite/CNRS/UPMC,
Paris, France, 2CIMA-CONICET/UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Mercator Ocean, Ramonville Saint Agne, France

33

25 Years of Malvinas Current Volume Transport at its Northernmost Extension: Variability
and Drivers

Camila Artana

LOCEAN Sorbonne
Universite

FR

Camila Artana1, Ramiro Ferrari2, Zoé Koenig1, Nathalie Sennéchael1, Martin Saraceno3, Alberto Piola4, Christine Provost1 | 1LOCEAN Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France,
2
CIMA/CONICET-UBA and UMI-IFAECI-3351, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3CIMA/CONICET-UBA, DCAO/FCEN/UBA and UMI IFAECI-3351, Argentina, 4Departamento de
Oceanografia, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, DCAO/FCEN/UBA and UMI-IFAECI-3351, CONICET, Argentina

34

A Regional Analysis of the West Tropical Atlantic Ocean Variability

Fabrice Hernandez

IRD/LEGOS/Mercator
Océan

FR

Fabrice Hernandez1, Minto Dimoune2,3, Julia Araujo2, Moacyr Araujo2,4 | 1IRD/LEGOS/Mercator Océan, Ramonville St Agne, France, 2Laboratório de Oceanografia Física
Estuarina e Costeira (LOFEC), Department of Oceanography – DOCEAN, Federal University of Pernambuco , Recife, Brazil, 3International Chair in Mathematical Physics andApplications (ICMPA-Unesco Chair), UAC, Cotonou, Benin, 4Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change – Rede CLIMA, São José dos Campos, Brazil

35

Near-Real Time and a 25-Year Reanalysis of Global Ocean Currents at the Surface and 15m
Depth From the Synergetic Use of Altimetry, GOCE, Wind and In-Situ DataMarie-Helene Rio

CLS

FR

Marie-Helene Rio1, Helene Etienne1, Claire Dufau1, Craig Donlon2 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2ESA-ESTEC, Nordwijk, The Netherlands

36

On the Relative Information Content of Surface Data versus Interior Data in Constraining
the Large-Scale Ocean Circulation and Its Variability

Remi Tailleux

University of Reading

UK

Denis Volkov

University of Miami

USA

Remi Tailleux1, Keith Haines1, Shaun Lee1 | 1University Of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

37

Sea Level in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: the Regional Imprints of Large-Scale
Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics

Denis Volkov1,2, Felix Landerer3 | 1University Of Miami-CIMAS, Miami, United States, 2NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, United States,
3
JPL, Pasadena, United States39

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POSTER SESSION

High-Wavenumber Variability in the Eastern Tropical Pacific from ADCP and Altimetry

Saulo Soares

University of California
San Diego

USA

Nansen Center

NO

Saulo Soares1, Sarah Gille1, Teresa Chereskin1, Cesar Rocha1 | 1University Of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States

39

Quantifying Atlantic Water Transport to the Nordic Seas by Combined Use of Gravimetry and Altimetry

Roshin R. Raj

Roshin R. Raj , Jan Even Ø. Nilsen , Johnny A. Johannessen , Tore Furevik , Ole B. Andersen , Laurent Bertino | Nansen Center, Bergen, Norway, Bjerknes Center for
Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, 3Danish Technical University, Copenhagen, Denmark
1

40

1

1

2

3

Advances in Studies of Upper Ocean Mesoscale Processes and Dynamics from Satellite
Sensor Synergy: The GlobCurrent Findings

1

1Johnny A. Johannessen

2

Nansen CenterNO

Johnny A. Johannessen1, Bertrand Chapron2, Fabrice Collard3, Marie-Helene Rio4, Lucille Gaultier3, Graham Quartly5, Craig Donlon6 | 1Nansen Center, Bergen, Norway,
2
Ifremer, Brest, France, 3OceanDataLab, Brest, France, 4CLS, Toulouse, France, 5PML, Plymouth, UK, 6ESA, Noorwijk, The Netherlands

41

How Can SWOT Better Reconstruct Horizontal and Vertical Velocities?

Babette Christelle Tchonang

Mercator Ocean | CNES

FR

Babette Christelle Tchonang1,2, Pierre-Yves Le Traon1,3, Mounir Benkiran1, Giovanni Gruggiero1 | 1Mercator Ocean , Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse,
France, 3IFREMER, Brest, France

42

From Past and Present Nadir Altimetry Constellations to the SWOT Era : What is the True
Effective Resolution of Altimetry?

Clement Ubelmann

CLS

FR

Ocean Next

FR

Clement Ubelmann1, Maxime Ballarotta1, Yannice Faugere1, Gerald Dibarboure2 | 1CLS, Ramonville, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

43

Assessment of Mesoscale Resolution Capability of Sentinel 3 and SARAL Altimeters with
Respect to Kilometric-Scale Ocean Simulations.

Laurent Brodeau

Laurent Brodeau1, Julien Le Sommer2, Jacques Verron1,2, Adekunle Ajayi2, Clément Ubelmann3, Gerald Dibarboure4 | 1Ocean Next, Grenoble, France, 2IGE/MEOM, Grenoble,
France, 3CLS Space Oceanography, Toulouse, France, 4CNES, Toulouse, France

44

AMOC from Space: The Importance of Synergy of Satellite and In-Situ Measurements

Shenfu Dong

AOML

USA

Shenfu Dong , Gustavo Goni , Hosmay Lopez , , Molly Baringer | AOML, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, United States, CIMAS, University ofMiami, Miami, United States
1

45

1

12

1

1

Mesoscale Eddies in Australian-Antarctic Basin Based on Altimetry Data

2

Nikita Sandalyuk

Saint Petersburg State
University

RU

Nikita Sandalyuk1, Tatyana Belonenko1 | 1Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
40

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEPOSTER SESSION

3. Advances in Our Understanding of Coastal Processes
46

An Improved Satellite Altimetry Data Processing Dedicated to Coastal Areas: Validation
over Algerian Coast

Ali RamCentre of SpaceTechniques

DZ

Nadim Dayoub

National Oceanography
CentreUK

Ali Rami1, Touati Benkouider1 | 1Centre Of Space Techniques, Oran, Algeria

47

ALES Retracking Results for Sentinel-3A PLRM and SARAL/Altika Missions

Nadim Dayoub1, Chris Banks1, Francisco Mir Calafat1, Christine Gommenginger1, Helen Snaith1, Paolo Cipollini2, Andrew Shaw3 | 1National Oceanography Centre,
Southampton/ Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Telespazio VEGA UK for ESA/ECSAT , Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 3SKYMAT Ltd, Southampton, United Kingdom

48

Satellite Altimetry and Coastal Predictions of Atmosphere, Ocean and Wind Waves

Emil Stanev

HZG

DE

Alessandro Di BellaDTU Space | JPL

DE/USA

Emil Stanev | HZG, Geesthacht , Germany
1

49

1

Greenlandic Coastal Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness From CryoSat-2 SARIn Data

Alessandro Di Bella , , Ron Kwok , Thomas Armitage , Henriette Skourup , Rene Forsberg | DTU Space, National Space Institute, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2JPL, Pasadena,
United States
12

50

2

2

1

1

1

Assessment of Ionosphere TEC Determination From Dual-Frequency Altimetry Missions With
Reference to Local and Global GNSS-TEC Models in Coastal Regions

Wojciech Jarmołowski

University of Warmia
And Mazury in Olsztyn

PL

Wojciech Jarmołowski1, Paweł Wielgosz1, Xiaodong Ren2, Anna Krypiak-Gregorczyk1 | 1University Of Warmia And Mazury In Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland, 2Wuhan University,
Wuhan, China

51

The Low-Frequency Variability of the Agulhas Bank Circulation

Ricardo Matano

CEOAS

USA

Universityof Newcastle

AU

Ricardo Matano1, Vincent Combes1, Ted Strub1, Corinne James1 | 1CEOAS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States

52

Cross-Calibration of Retracked Jason-2 and Sentinel-3A SAR Sea Surface Heights Around
Australia

Fukai Peng

Fukai Peng1, Xiaoli Deng1 | 1The University of Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle, Australia

41

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POSTER SESSION

Developments in SAR Altimetry Over Coastal and Open Ocean: A Retrospective ofDevelopments in SAR Altimetry Processing and the Improvements Achieved Through the
SAMOSA, CP4O and SCOOP Projects

David Cotton

Satellite Oceanographic UK
Consultants

David Cotton1, Thomas Moreau2, Matthias Raynal2, Eduard Makhoul3, Mathilde Cancet4, Luciana Fenoglio-Marc5, Salvatore Dinardo6, Marc Naeije7, M Joana Fernandes8,
Clara Lazaro8, Andrew Shaw9, Paolo Cipollini10, Christine Gommenginger11, Pablo Nilo Garcia18, Francisco Martin12, Alejandro Egido13, Francois Boy14, Nicolas Picot14, OleAndersen15, Lars Stenseng15, Cristina Martin Puig12, Philippa Berry16, Keith Raney17, Chris Ray18, Marco Restano19, Américo Ambrózio20, Jérôme Benveniste21 | 1Satellite
Oceanographic Consultants, Stockport, United Kingdom, 2CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 3IsardSAT, Guildford, UK, 4Noveltis, Labège, France, 5University of Bonn,
Bonn, Germany, 6TU Darmstadt, HeSpace / EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 7Delft University of Technology, Delft, The The Netherlands, 8University of Porto, Porto,
Portugal, 9SKYMAT, Southampton, UK, 10Telespazio VEGA / ECSAT, Harwell, UK, 11National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, 12CGI / EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany,
13
NOAA, Silver Springs, USA, 14CNES, Toulouse, France, 15DTU Space, Copenhagen, Denmark, 16Roch Remote Sensing, Leicester, UK, 172kR-LLC, Annapolis, USA, 18IsardSAT,
Barcelona, Spain, 19SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 20DEIMOS/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 21ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

54

Estimated of Background Concentration of Dissolved Oil-Hydrocarbons in the Baltic Sea
from Illegal Discharges of Oil-Containing Waste from Ships

Sergey Lebedev

GC RAS | Maykop
State Technological
University

RU

GC RAS | Maykop
State Technological
University

RU

Sergey Lebedev1,2 | 1GC RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2Maykop State Technological University, Maykop, Russian Federation

55

Interannual Variability of the Black Sea level and Surface Temperature along the Coastof the Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Abkhazia Based on Satellite Altimetry andRadiometry

Sergey Lebedev

Sergey Lebedev1,2, Andrey Kostianoy3, Asida Akhsalba4, Pavel Kravchenko5 | 1GC RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2Maykop State Technological University, Maykop,
Russian Federation, 3P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, 4Abkhazian State University, Sukhum,
Abkhazia, 5Tver State University, Tver, Russian Federation

56

Processing Method of Satellite Altimetry Data for White, Barents and Kara Seas

Sergey Lebedev

GC RAS | Maykop
State Technological
University

RU

SKYMAT Ltd

UK

Sergey Lebedev1,2 | 1GC RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2Maykop State Technological University, Maykop, Russian Federation

57

Validation of Coastal Sea Level Rates from Dedicated Coastal Altimetry ProductsAndrew Shaw

Andrew Shaw , Francisco Mir Calafat , Nadim Dayoub , Paolo Cipollini , Jérôme Benveniste | SKYMAT Ltd, Southampton, United Kingdom, National Oceanography Centre,
Southampton, United Kingdom, 3Telespazio VEGA for ESA-ECSA, Luton, United Kingdom, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

2

2

3

4

1

2

42

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POSTER SESSIONHigh Resolution Coastal Wave Model for the West-Indies under Major Hurricanes of 2017

Alice Dalphinet

Meteo-France

FR

SOCIB

ES

Alice Dalphinet1, Lotfi Aouf1, Robert Osinski1, Héloïse Michaud2 | 1Meteo-France, France, 2SHOM, France

59

Evaluation of the Impact of High Frequency Radar Data Assimialtion on SSH Forecast

Jaime Hernandez Lasheras

Jaime Hernandez Lasheras1, Baptiste Mourre1, Emma Reyes1, Jano Orfila2, Joaquin Tintoré1,2 | 1SOCIB, Palma De Mallorca, Spain, 2IMEDEA, Esporles, Spain

60

S3 SAR Mode for Coastal Altimetry. Dedicated Algorithms for Improving Sea Surface Height Pablo Garcia
SeriesIsardsat SL

ES

Kyushu University

JP

Pablo Garcia1, Eduard Makhoul1, Mònica Roca1 | 1Isardsat SL, Barcelona, Spain

61

GNSS-R Altimetry for Support of Coastal Altimetry

Kaoru Ichikawa

Kaoru Ichikawa , Takuji Ebinuma , GROWTH team | 1RIAM, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan, College of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
1

62

2

2

Assimilation of Altimeter Observations into the Navy Coastal Ocean Model

Hans Ngodock

The Us Naval ResearchLaboratory

USA

Ohio State University

USA

Hans Ngodock1, Matthew Carrier1, Scott Smith1 | 1The Us Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, United States

63

Contribution of Satellite Radar Altimetry for Land Deformation Studies

Ting-Yi Yang

Ting-Yi Yang , C.K. Shum , , Yuanyuan Jia , Alexander Braun , Yuchan Yi1, Cheinway Hwang , Chungyen Kuo , Kuo-Hsin Tseng , Yuande Yang7, Chunxi Guo , Jianliang Nie8 |The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States, 2Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 3Queen’s University, Canada, 4National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 5National
Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 6National Central University, Taiwan, 7Wuhan University, China, 8Centre for Geodetic Data Processing, China
1

12

1

3

4

5

6

8

1

64

Validating Altimeter Estimates of Sea Level Along the Southern Coast of Australia

Madeleine Cahill

CSIRO

AU

Madeleine Cahill1, Claire Dufau2, Gerald Dibarboure3, Benoit Legresy1 | 1CSIRO, Battery Point, Australia, 2CLS, Toulouse, France, 3CNES, Toulouse, France

65

Last Developments and Perspectives of the X-TRACK Regional Altimeter Products

Fabien Léger

LEGOS / CTOH

FRFabien Léger , Florence Birol , Fernando Niño , Sara Fleury , Marcello Passaro | LEGOS/CTOH, Toulouse, France, DGFI-TUM, Munich, Germany
1

66

1

1

1

2

1

Absolute Water Levels at the Estuary of the Karnaphuli River (Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh):Comparison Between Sea / River Surface Heights Gained by GNSS Survey and Satellite
Altimetry in Coastal Environment

2

Marufa Ishaque

BSMR Maritime
University

BD

Marufa Ishaque1, Daniel Moreira2, Stephane Calmant2, Fabien Durand2, Laurent Testut2,3, Yann Krien4, Valerie Ballu3, Fabrice Papa2 | 1BSMR Maritime University, Dhaka,Bangladesh, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 3LIENSs, La Rochelle, France, 4LARGE, University des Antilles, Guadeloupe, France43

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4. Advances in Our Understanding of Wave Observations and Their Applications
67

Wind and Wave Climate from 32-Years of Satellite Altimetry

Doug Vandemark

UNH

USA

Shirshov Institute of
Oceanology
Novosibirsk State
University

RU

Justin Stopa , , Doug Vandemark , Fabrice Ardhuin , Bertrand Chapron | LOPS, Plouzane, France, UNH, Durham, United States
12

68

2

1

1

1

Wave Steepness from Satellite Altimetry for Wave Dynamics and Climate Studies

2

Sergei Badulin

Sergei Badulin1,2, Vika Grigorieva1 | 1Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2Laboratory of Nonlinear Wave
Processes, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk , Russian Federation

69

CFOSAT : A New Satellite for Ocean/Atmosphere Interaction Research and Operational
Oceanography

Danièle Hauser

LATMOS

FR

Danièle Hauser1, Céline Tison2, Alexis Mouche3, Lotfi Aouf4, Bertrand Chapron3, Cedric Tourain2 | 1LATMOS (CNRS -UVSQ- Sorbonne-Université), Guyancourt, France, 2CNES,
Toulouse, France, 3Ifremer, Brest, France, 4Meteo-France, , France

70

Radar Altimeter Signatures of Internal Solitary Waves in the Ocean

José Da Silva

University Of PortoPT

José Da Silva1, Adriana Santos-Ferreira1, Meric Srokosz2, Jean Tournadre3, Bertrand Chapron3 | 1University Of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 2National Oceanography Centre,
Southampton, Southampton, U.K., 3IFREMER, , France

71

Advances in Using Satellite Altimetry to Enhance Monitoring and Prediction of Storm
SurgesGuoqi Han

Fisheries and Oceans
CanadaCAThe Sea State CCI Team

LOPS

FR

Benjamin Carayon

Thales Alenia SpaceFR

Guoqi Han1 | 1Fisheries And Oceans Canada, St. John’s, Canada

72

The Sea State Climate Change Initiative Project
The Sea State CCI Team1 | 1LOPS, Plouzané, France

73

Status of the Surface Wave Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) Instrument

Benjamin Carayon1, Laurent Rey1, Thierry Amiot2, Céline Tison2, Patrick Castillan2 | 1Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France44

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74

Ocean Wave Data Assimilation at ECMWF: A Review

POSTER SESSION
Saleh Abdalla

ECMWF

UK

Christopher Buchhaupt

TU Darmstadt

DE

Saleh Abdalla , Jean-Raymond Bidlot | 1ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom
1

75

1

Impact of Vertical Sea Wave Orbital Velocities on SAR Altimetry

Christopher Buchhaupt1, Luciana Fenoglio2, Salvatore Dinardo5, Remko Scharroo3, Jerome Benveniste4, Matthias Becker1 | 1TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, 2University ofBonn, Bonn, Germany, 3EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5He Space-EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany76

New Wave Near-Real-Time Observational Products Derived From Altimetry and SAR

Elodie Charles

CLS

FR

Elodie Charles , Romain Husson , Nicolas Taburet , Alexis Mouche | CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, CLS, Brest, France, IFREMER, Brest, France
1

77

2

1

3

1

Synergy Between Satellite Observations and Model Simulations During Extreme Events

2

3

Joanna Staneva

HZG

DE

Joanna Staneva1, Anne Wiese1, Arno Behres1, Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth1, Luciana Fenoglio-Marc2 | 1Helmholz Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany, 2Universityof Bonn, Bonn, Germany

78

From Gravity Waves to Mesoscales: Broadband Measurements of Ocean Surface
Topography Using Airborne Lidar Technology

Kendall Melville

Scripps Institution of
Oceanography

USA

LOPS-SIAM IFREMERFRGETLEGOStFR

Kendall Melville1, Luc Lenain1, Nick Statom1 | 1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States

79

Mixing, Restratification and Heat Uptake in Tropical Cyclones Wake : Processes andContribution of Multiplatform Satellite

Clément Combot

Clément Combot1, Yves Quilfen1, Bertrand Chapron1, Alexis Mouche1 | 1LOPS-SIAM IFREMER, Brest, France

80

Characterization of the Wind Drop-Off in Coastal Eastern Boundary Upwelling System Using Frédéric Frappart
Surface Winds from Radar Altimetry

Frédéric Frappart1,2, Orlando Astudillo2,3, Abderrahim Bentamy4, Boris Dewitte2,3,5,6, Marc Mallet7, José Ruttlant3,5, Marcel Ramos3,6, Luis Bravo6, Katerina Goubanova3,6,8,
Serena Illig2,9 | 1GET, Toulouse, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 3CEAZA, La Serena, Chile, 4IFREMER, Brest, France, 5Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 6Universidad
Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile, 7CNRM, Toulouse, France, 8CERFACS, Toulouse, France, 9University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

81

Assessment of Severe Waves with Satellite Altimetry Data and Doppler Radar Observationsin the North Sea

Sonia Ponce De Leon Alvarez

CENTEC-Centre forMarine Technology andOcean Engineering

PR

Sonia Ponce De Leon Alvarez1, Joao Bettencourt1, Frederic Dias2 | 1CENTEC-Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 2University College
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland45

25 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN RADAR ALTIMETRY PROGRAMMEPOSTER SESSION

5. Altimetric Contributions to Gravity Field, Marine Geodesy, Bathymetry Modeling82

Mean Dynamic Topography Determination Using Saral/Altika Altimetry Data and GOCE
Gravity Model

Ali Rami

Centre of SpaceTechniques

DZ

Ali Rami1, Touati Benkouider1, Faouzi Berrichi1 | 1Centre of Space Techniques, Oran, Algeria

83

Mean Sea Surface: A Constant Evolution Over the Last 25 Years

Philippe Schaeffer

CLS

FR

Philippe Schaeffer , Isabelle Pujol , Yannice Faugère , Nicolas Picot , David Sandwell , Gerald Dibarboure | CLS, Ramonville, France, CNES, Toulouse, France, Scripps Inst. of
Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA
1

84

1

1

2

3

Mean Sea Level and Mean Dynamic Topography Determination From Cryosat-2 Data Around
Australia2

12

Xiaoli Deng

3

University of
Newcastle

AU

Armin Agha Karimi1, Ole Baltazar Andersen2, Xiaoli Deng1 | 1University Of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia, 2DTU Space, National Space Institute, Lyngby, Denmark

85

Indirect Mapping of Sub-Water Interfaces Derived from Satellite Altimetry: From Seafloor
to River Channels

Adrien Paris

CLS
LEGOS

FR

Adrien Paris1,2, Pierre-André Garambois3, Stéphane Calmant2, Amanda Montazem2, Jérôme Monnier4 | 1CLS, Ramonville, France, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2LEGOS,
Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNES, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France, 3ICUBE-UMR 7357, Fluid Mechanics Team, INSA, Strasbourg, France, 4IMT UMR5219, INSA, Toulouse, France

86

A Coastal Mean Sea Surface with Associated Errors Along the Norwegian Coast Based on
New-Generation Altimetry

Vegard Ophaug

NMBU

NO

Vegard Ophaug1, Kristian Breili1,2 , Ole Baltazar Andersen3 | 1Faculty of Science and Technology (RealTek), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), As, Norway,
2
Geodetic Institute, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway, 3DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

87

Improved Arctic Ocean Bathymetry and Regional Tide Atlas – a CP4O Initiative

Ole Baltazar Andersen

DTU Space

DK

Ole Baltazar Andersen , Mathilde Cancet , David Cotton , Jerome Benveniste | DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Noveltis, Toulouse, France, SatOc, United Kingdom,
4
ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

88

2

3

4

1

A New DTU18 MSS Mean Sea Surface – Improvement From SAR Altimetry

2

3

Ole Baltazar Andersen

DTU Space

DKMarie-Francoise Lalancette

SHOM

FR

Ole Baltazar Andersen , Per Knudsen , Lars Stenseng | DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
1

89

1

1

1

High Resolution Gravity Field Modelling Using SAR Altimetry in the Northeast Atlantic
Ocean

Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Marie-Francoise Lalancette2, Corinne Salaun2, Mathilde Cancet3 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 2SHOM, France, 3Noveltis, France46

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POSTER SESSION

Global and Regional Evaluation of the First Two Years of Sentinel-3A and Very First
Sentinel-3B and the Impact of Mean Sea Surfaces and Ocean Tide Corrections

Ole Baltazar Andersen

DTU Space

DK

Adil Abulaitijiang

DTU Space

DK

Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Heidi Ranndal1 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark91

The Contribution of DTU17 Marine Gravity for the Arctic Bathymetry Prediction

Adil Abulaitijiang1, Ole Andersen1, David Cotton2, Mathilde Cancet3, Jerome Benveniste4 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 2SatOc, , United Kingdom, 3Noveltis,
Toulouse, France, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

6. Precise Orbit Determination
92

REAPER Re-Scoped: Updated Orbit Solutions for the Full ERS-1 and ERS-2 Mission
Periods

Pieter Visser

Delft University ofTechnology

NL

CS SI

FR

CS SI

FR

Positim UG

DE

Pieter Visser1, Michiel Otten2 | 1Delft University Of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 2PosiTim UG, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

93

Reprocessing of TOPEX/Poseidon Precise Orbits in the CNES GDR-F Standards

Clément Masson

Clément Masson , Alexandre Couhert , John Moyard , Flavien Mercier , Eva Jalabert | CS SI, Toulouse, France, CNES, Toulouse, France
1

94

2

2

2

2

1

Improved GNSS Phase Maps in Flight Modelling and Identification, Application on Jason-2
and Jason-3

2

Hanane Ait Lakbir

Hanane Ait Lakbir1, Flavien Mercier2, Alexandre Couhert2 | 1CS SI, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

95

First Orbit Determination Results for Sentinel-3B

Heike Pete

Heike Peter1, Jaime Fernández2, Pierre Féménias3 | 1Positim UG, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, 2GMV AD, Tres Cantos, Spain, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

96

Latest Results From the Geomed2 Project: Geoid and the DOT in the Mediterranean Area

Riccardo Barzaghi

Politecnico di Milano

IT

CNES

FR

Riccardo Barzaghi1, Geomed2 Team | 1Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

97

The Geomed2 Combined Geoid Model

Sean Bruinsma

Sean Bruinsma , George Vergos , Franck Reinquin , Ilias Tziavos , Riccardo Barzaghi , Daniela Carrion , Sylvain Bonvalot , Lucia Seoane , Marie-Françoise LequentrecLalancette5, Corinne Salaun5, Per Knudsen6, Ole Andersen6, Marie-Helene Rio7 | 1CNES, Toulouse, France, 2Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece,
3
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 4GET UMR 5563, Toulouse, France, 5SHOM, Brest, France, 6DTU Space, Kopenhagen, Denmark, 7CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France
1

2

1

2

3

3

4

4

47

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98

Orbit Validation of Sentinel-3 Mission

POSTER SESSION
Jaime Fernández

GMV AD

DE

Jaime Fernández2, Heike Peter1, Pierre Féménias3, Copernicus POD QWG team | 1Positim UG, Swisttal, Germany, 2GMV AD, Tres Cantos, Spain, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

99

Generating Precise and Homogeneous Orbits for ESA's Altimetry Missions: ERS-1, ERS-2,
Envisat, Cryosat-2, and Sentinel-3A

Michiel Otten

ESA

DE

Flavien Mercier

CNES

FR

Delft University ofTechnology

NL

Michiel Otten1, Claudia Flohrer1, Tim Springer1, Werner Enderle1 | 1ESA-ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany

100

Jason-3 and Sentinel-3A GPS Processing Using Zero-Difference Integer Ambiguity Fixing

Flavien Mercier1, Hanane Ait-Lakbir, Clément Masson, Alexandre Couhert | 1CNES, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

101

Precise Orbit Determination of the Sentinel Sattelites With Gipsy-Oasis

Wim Simons

Wim Simons1, Pieter Visser1, Marc Naeije1, Copernicus POD QWG team2 | 1Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 2Copernicus POD QWG team

7. Advances in Our Understanding of Land Processes and Inland Water Storage and Fluxes
102

Global River Monitoring From Satellite Radar Altimetry-Achievements and Challenges

Philippa BerryRoch Remote Sensing

UK

Philippa Berry1, Jerome Benveniste2 | 1Roch Remote Sensing, Roch, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom, 2ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, Frascati, Italy

103

Constructing High-Frequency Time Series of Global Lake and Reservoir Storage Changes
Using Landsat Imagery and Radar Altimetry

Fangfang Yao

Kansas State University USA

Fangfang Yao1, Jida Wang1, Chao Wang2, Jean-François Crétaux3 | 1Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States, 2University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, UnitedStates, 3CNES , Toulouse, France

104

HYDROWEB/HYSOPE : A Processing Center for Lakes and Rivers Observation

Jean-Francois Cretaux

CNES/LEGOS

FR

Jean-Francois Cretaux1, Stephane Calmant2, Philippe Pacholczyk3, Lionel Zawadzki4, Joel Dorandeu4, Valery Vuglinsky5 | 1CNES/LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2IRD/Legos,
Toulouse, France, 3CNES, Toulouse, France, 4CLS, Ramonville St Agne, France, 5SHI, St Petersburg, Russia

105Long-Term Chronicles of Fluvial Characteristics and Hydraulic Variables Using Multimission
Satellite Altimetry in the Congo River Basin

Adrien Paris

CLS

FR

Adrien Paris1, Stéphane Calmant2, Ayan Fleischmann3, Taina Conchy4, Vinicius Siqueira3, Marielle Gosset5, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva3, Walter Collischonn3, Joecila
Santos da Silva4 | 1Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Ramonville, France, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNES, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France, 3IPH, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 4CESTU, UEA, Manaus, Brazil, 5GET, Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNES, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France48

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106

Ice Cover of Eurasian Lakes from Satellite and In-Situ Observations

POSTER SESSION
Alexei Kouraev

LEGOS/Université deToulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD/
UPS Toulouse
Tomsk State University

FR

Alexei Kouraev1,2, Elena Zakharova3, Frédérique Rémy1, Mikhail Shimaraev4, Andrey Kostianoy5, Andrey Suknev6 | 1LEGOS/Université de Toulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS
Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France, 2Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, 3Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 4Limnological Institute,
Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences,Russia, 5P.P Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia, 6Great Baikal Trail Buryatiya, Ulan-Ude, Russia

107

HYDROLARE–Main Tasks and Activity

Valery Vuglinsky

SHI

RU

Sajedeh Behnia

University of Stuttgart

DE

Elisabeth
Woisetschläger

University of Stuttgart

DE

Sigma Space Corp.

FR

Valery Vuglinsky , Jean-Francois Cretaux | SHI, St Petersburg, Russia, CNES/LEGOS, Toulouse, France
1

108

2

1

2

Challenges of Water Level Monitoring Over Narrow Rivers Using Multi-Mission Satellite
Altimetry: Case Studies of Karun and Nile
Sajedeh Behnia1, Nicolaas Sneeuw1 | 1Institute of Geodesy, University Of Stuttgart, Germany

109

Assessment of Non-Stationary River Runoff in Boreal Catchments with Multi-Mission
Altimetry

beth Woisetschläger1, Nico Sneeuw1, Mohammad Tourian1 | 1Instiute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

110

Lake and River Water Level Measurements From Radar and ICESat Laser Altimetry andComparisons With GRACE

Claudia Cristina
Carabaja

Claudia Cristina Carabajal1, Jean-Paul Boy2 | 1Sigma Space Corp.@NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, 2EOST-IPGS (UMR 7516), France

111

Extending the Database of Hydrology Targets for DEM Onboard Altimeters

Denis Blumstein

CNES
LEGOS

FR

Denis Blumstein1,2, Léa Lasson2, Sylvain Biancamaria2, Stéphane Calmant2, Jean-François Crétaux1,2, Muriel Bergé-Nguyen1,2, Fabien Blarel2, Frédéric Frappart2, Fabrice
Papa2, Fernando Niño2, Sara Fleury2, Elena Zakharova2, Sophie Le Gac1, Nicolas Picot1 | 1CNES, Toulouse, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France

112

Identification of the Rybinsk Reservoir Ice Cover and Investigation of its Interannual
Variability Based on Satellite Altimetry and Radiometry

Sergey Lebedev

GC RAS
Maykop State Technological
University

RU

Sergey Lebedev1,2, Shamil Bogoutdinov1, Pavel Kluev3, Stanislav Nekhoroshev1 | 1GC RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2Maykop State Technological Institute, Maykop,
Russian Federation, 3Tver State University, Tver, Russian Federation
49

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G-REALM: Investigating the Jason-3 and Sentinel-3A Data Sets for the Next Phase of
Operational Lake and Wetland Monitoring

POSTER SESSION
Martina Ricko

SGT Inc
NASA

USA

Martina Ricko1,2, Charon Birkett3, Xu Yang1, Brian Beckley1,2, Curt Reynolds4, Elias Deeb5 | 1SGT Inc, Greenbelt, USA, 2NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, USA, 3ESSIC, University of
Maryland, College Park, USA, 4USDA/FAS, Washington, USA, 5ERDC/USACE, Hanover, USA

114

The SEOM "Sentinel-3 Hydrologic Altimetry Processor Prototype" (SHAPE) Project:
Progresses & Status

Nicolas Bercher

Along-Track S.A.S

FR

Nicolas Bercher1, Dr. Pierre Fabry1, Dr. Albert Garcia Mondejar2, Dr Eduard Makhoul8, Dr. Joana Fernandes3, Dr. David Gustafsson4, Dr. Marco Restano5, Dr. Américo
Ambrózio6, Dr. Jérôme Benveniste7 | 1Along-Track S.A.S., Plougonvelin, France, 2isardSAT UK, Surrey, United Kingdom, 3University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 4SMHI,
Norrköping, Sweden, 5Serco, Frascati, Italy, 6Deimos, Frascati, Italy, 7ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 8isardSAT Spain, , Barcelona

115

Validation of 25 Years of Altimetry Data over Inland Water: from T/P to Sentinel-3A

Nicolas Bercher

Along-Track S.A.S

FR

Nicolas Bercher

Along-Track S.A.S

FR

Shirzad Roohi

University of Stuttgart

DE

Frédéric Frappart

GET | LEGOS

FR

Nicolas Bercher , Pierre Fabry | Along-Track S.A.S., Plougonvelin, France
1

116

1

1

Selective Retracking of Bright Targets Exploiting Consecutive Waveforms: Application to
LRM Altimetry Over Rivers

Nicolas Bercher1, Pierre Fabry1, François Boy2 | 1Along-Track S.A.S, Plougonvelin, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France

117

Monitoring Inland Water Bodies from Sentinel-3 and CryoSat-2 SAR Altimeters
Shirzad Roohi | University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
1

118

1

Influence of the Recent Climatic Events on the Surface Water Storage of the Tonle Sap

Frédéric Frappart1,2, Sylvain Biancamaria2, Cassandra Normandin3, Fabien Blarel2, Luc Bourrel2, Aumont Mélanie1,2, Azemar Pauline1,2, Phuong Lan Vu1, Thuy Le Toan4,
Bertrand Lubac3, José Darrozes1 | 1GET, Toulouse, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 3EPOC, Bordeaux, France, 4CESBIO, Toulouse, France

119

Calibration and Validation of Inland Waters Heights from SAR, SARIN and Conventional
Altimetry

Stuart Edwards

Newcastle University

UK

Stefania Camici

IRPI-CNRIT

Lucile Gaultier

OceanDataLab

FR

Stuart Edwards1, Philip Moore1,Chirstopher Pearson1 | 1Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

120

Satellite Altimetry for Discharge Estimation and for Monitoring Extreme Events
Stefania Camici , Angelica Tarpanelli | IRPI-CNR, Perugia, Italy
1

121

1

1

Sentinel3 in the Context of Multisensor Synergy: New Discovery and Analysis Tools

Lucile Gaultier1, Fabrice Collard1, Gilles Guitton1, Sylvain Herlédan1, Ziad El Khoury Hanna1, Guillaume Le Séach1 | 1OceanDataLab, Locmaria-Plouzané, France50

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On the Potential of Altimetry Data for the Calibration of Hydraulic Models: a Comparison ofDifferent Products and Multi-Mission Series

POSTER SESSION
Alessio Domeneghetti

University of Bologna

IT

Alessio Domeneghetti1, Giada Molari1, Mohammad J. Tourian2, Angelica Tarpanelli3, Luca Brocca3, Tommaso Moramarco3, Attilio Castellarin1, Nico Sneeuw2, Armando
Brath1 | 1University Of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2Institute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 3IRPI-CNR, Perugia, Italy

123

Evaluating the Use of River Level Estimations Derived From Radar Altimetry Data into
Hydrological Modelling of the Chari River Basin

Mauro Arcorace

CIMA
DIBRIS, University of Genoa

IT

Mauro Arcorace1,2, Jérôme Benveniste3, Giorgio Boni1,2, Luca Dell’Oro4, Simone Gabellani1, Alessandro Masoero1, Giovanni Sabatino5, Olivier Sénégas4, Francesco
Silvestro1 | 1CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy, 2DIBRIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4UNITAR-UNOSAT, Geneva, Switzerland,5
Progressive Systems srl c/o ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

124

Adaptation of the SAR Altimetric Ocean Retracker for Inland Waters: Methodology andPreliminary Results

Eduard Makhoul

IsardSATES

Eduard Makhoul1, Mònica Roca1, Albert Garcia-Mondéjar2, Qi Gao1, Maria Jose Escorihuela1 | 1IsardSAT, Barcelona, Spain, 2IsardSAT Ltd., Guildford, United Kingdom

125Integrating Sentinel Series Data to Monitor Lake Level Variation in Tibet

Kuo-Hsin Tseng

NCU

TW

Kuo-Hsin Tseng , , Aive Liibusk , C.K. Shum , Hyongki Lee , Chung-Yen Kuo | Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan,
Taiwan, 2Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 3Department of Geomatics, Institute of Forestry and RuralEngineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, 4Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States,
5
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, United States, 6Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,
Taiwan
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126

3

4

5

6

1

Can Sentinel Measure Water Level over Po River at 80HZ?

Angelica Tarpanelli

IRPI-CNR

IT

Angelica Tarpanelli1, Américo Ambrózio2, Marco Restano3, Jérôme Benveniste4 | 1IRPI-CNR, Perugia, Italy, 2DEISMOS-ESRIN, Rome, Italy, 3SERCO-ESRIN, Rome, Italy,
4
ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

127

Lake Bracciano Water Level Variation from Sentinel-3 Measurements Processed at the
GPOD SARvatore Service

Marco Restano

SERCO

IT

Marco Restano1, Salvatore Dinardo2, Américo Ambrózio3, Angelica Tarpanelli4, Jérôme Benveniste5 | 1SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 2He Space-EUMETSAT, Germany,
3
DEIMOS/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4CNR-IRPI, Perugia, Italy, 5ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

51

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8. Advances in Our Understanding of the Cryosphere
128

25 Years of Radar Altimetry Over the Antarctic Ice Shelves: Retrieving Trends andVariability

Fernando Paolo

JPL

USA

Stefan Hendricks

Alfred-Wegener-Institut

DE

CLS

FR

University of Leeds

UK

Fernando Paolo1, Johan Nilsson1, Alex Gardner1 | 1JPL, Pasadena, United States

129

Pysiral–An Open Source Python Sea Ice Radar Altimetry Toolbox

Stefan Hendricks | Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar Und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
1

130

1

Retrieving Sea Surface Topography in the Arctic Ocean from Satellite Altimetry with Ocean/
Sea-Ice Processing Continuity

Pierre Prandi

Pierre Prandi1, Poisson Jean-Christophe1, Pierre Thibaut1, Yannice Faugère1 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-agne, France

131

Assessment of Sentinel-3 SAR Altimetry over Ice Sheets

Malcolm McMillan

Malcolm McMillan1, Alan Muir2, Andrew Shepherd1 | 1University Of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2University College London, London, United Kingdom

132

SAR Altimetry Processing Development for Ice Sheets

Malcolm McMillan

University of Leeds

UK

Malcolm McMillan , Roger Escola , Monica Roca , Pierre Thibaut , Jeremie Aublanc , Frederique Remy , Andrew Shepherd , Marco Restano , Americo Ambrozio , Jerome
Benveniste5 | 1University Of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2IsardSAT Ltd, Guildford, United Kingdom, 3CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 4LEGOS, Toulouse, France,
5
ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

133

2

2

3

3

Impact of Greenland Surface Melt on CryoSat-2 Elevation Measurements

4

Thomas Slater

1

5

University of Leeds

5

UK

Thomas Slater1, Andrew Shepherd1, Malcolm McMillan1, Thomas Armitage2, Amber Leeson3, Anna Hogg1, Lin Gilbert4, Alan Muir4, Stephen Cornford5, Kate Briggs1 |1
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University Of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, 3Lancaster
Environment Centre/Data Science Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 4Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London,
London, United Kingdom, 5Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

134

A New Digital Elevation Model of Antarctica Derived from CryoSat-2 Altimetry

Thomas Slater

University of Leeds

UK

Thomas Slater1, Andrew Shepherd1, Malcolm McMillan1, Alan Muir2, Lin Gilbert2, Anna Hogg1, Hannes Konrad1,3, Tommaso Parrinello4 | 1Centre for Polar Observation andModelling, University Of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 4ESA-ESRIN,
Frascati, Italy

135

Techniques for Combining Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry Time Series of Ice Sheet
Elevation Change

Lin Gilbert

CPOM

UK

Lin Gilbert1, Alan Muir1, Andrew Shepherd1, Anna Hogg1, Malcolm McMillan1 | 1CPOM, Leeds, United Kingdom
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POSTER SESSION

Observation of the Ice Cover in the Okhotsk Sea by Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar

Vladimir Karaev

Institute of Applied Physics
Ras

RU

Vladimir Karaev1, Maria Panfilova1, Eugeny Meshkov1, Maria Ryabkova1 | 1Institute of Applied Physics Ras, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

137

Inter-Comparison of AltiKa and CryoSat Over GreenlandInès Otosaka

University of Leeds

UK

Finnish Meteorological
InstituteFI

Inès Otosaka , Andrew Shepherd1, Anna Hogg | School of Earth And Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
1

138

1

1

Radar Altimetry to Support Ice Navigation

Eero Rinne

Eero Rinne1, Heidi Sallila1, Markku Similä1, Antti Kangas1, Stefan Hendricks2 | 1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 2Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven,
Germany

139

ERS-2, EnviSat, AltiKa: 23 Years of Repeat Radar Altimetry above the Antarctica Ice Sheet

Frédérique Rémy

CNRS

FR

DTU Space

DK

Frédérique Rémy , Fifi Adodo , Anthony Mémin | CNRS, Toulouse, France, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
1

140

1

2

1

2

Greenland CCI Surface Elevation Change Products from Cryosat-2 and SARAL/ALtiKa

Sebatian B. Simonsen

Sebatian B. Simonsen , Kirill Khvorostovsky , Louise Sandberg Sørensen , Rene Forsberg | Department Of Geodynamics, Dtu Space, Technical University Of Denmark,Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2Satellite Oceanography Laboratory, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1

141

2

1

1

1

Satellite-Derived Sea-Ice Export and Its Impact on Arctic Ice Mass Balance

Robert Ricker

Alfred Wegener InstituteDE

Robert Ricker , Fanny Girard-Ardhuin , Thomas Krumpen , Camille Lique | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany, 2University of Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer,LOPS, IUEM, Brest, France
1

142

2

1

2

1

Radar Wave Interaction with the Antarctica Snowpack: Outcomes of the ESA SPICE Project

Jeremie Aublanc

CLS

FR

Jeremie Aublanc , Pierre Thibaut , Clément Lacrouts , Frédérique Rémy , Malcolm McMillan , Jérôme Benveniste | CLS, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France, LEGOS,
Toulouse, France, 3University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4ESA, Frascati, Italy
1

143

1

1

2

3

Validation of Satellite Cryosphere Altimetry with Airborne Surveys – Results of CryoVEx
Campaigns

4

1

Sine M. Hvidegaard

2

DTU Space

DK

Sine M. Hvidegaard1, Henriette Skourup1, René Forsberg1, Taniâ Casal2, Malcolm Davidson2 | 1DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2ESA, Noordvijk, The The Netherlands

144

Topography of A68 Iceberg from Altika and Cryosat Data

Jean Tournadre

Ifremer

FR

Jean Tournadre1 | 1Ifremer, Plouzané, France53

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145

Quick Decisions–Choosing the Right Sea Ice Thickness Product

POSTER SESSION
Heidi Sallila

Finnish Meteorological
InstituteFI

Heidi Sallila1, Joshua McCurry2, Sinéad Farrell2, Eero Rinne1 | 1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 2ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

146

A Synergistic Use of Sentinel-1 and CryoSat-2 SAR Data Over Sea Ice in the Cryo-SEANICEESA Project

Pierre Fabry

Along-Track S.A.S.

FR

Pierre Fabry1, Moein Zohary1, Nicolas Bercher1, Jérôme Bouffard2, Pierre Femenias2 | 1Along-Track S.A.S., Plougonvelin, France, 2ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

147

Looking Forward and Backward: New Techniques for Quantifying Dynamic Surface-Height
Changes With Radar Altimetry in Antarctica

Matthew Siegfried

Stanford University

USA

Matthew Siegfried1, Dustin Schroeder1, Davide Castelletti1 | 1Stanford University, Stanford, United States

148

Toward a CryoSat-2 / Sentinel-3 Continuum of Sea-Ice Thickness and Volume Observations

Antoine Laforge

CTOH/LEGOS

FR

Antoine Laforge , Sara Fleury , Kévin Guerreiro , Florence Birol , Salvatore Dinardo , Giovanni Sabatino , Jérôme Benveniste , Jérôme Bouffard , Pierre Féménias
CTOH/LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2He Space-EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

1

1

1

2

3

3

3

3

1

149

Consistent CryoSat-2 and Envisat Freeboard Retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice

Stephan Paul

Alfred Wegener InstituteDE

Stephan Paul , Stefan Hendricks , Robert Ricker , Stefan Kern , Eero Rinne | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven,
Germany, 2Integrated Climate Data Center, Hamburg, Germany, 3Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
1

150

1

1

2

3

1

Polar Ocean Case Study. An Example for Dedop Studio

Anna Bulczak

Isardsat

PL

Technische Universität
DresdenDE

Anna Bulczak1, Waldemar Walczowski2 | 1Isardsat, Gdansk, Poland, 2Institute of Oceanology, Poland, Sopot, Poland

151

Four Decades of Surface Elevation Change of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from Multi-Mission
Satellite Altimetry

Ludwig Schröder

Ludwig Schröder1, Martin Horwath1, Reinhard Dietrich1, Veit Helm2 | 1Technische Universität Dresden, Institut Für Planetare Geodäsie, Dresden, Germany, 2Alfred
Wegener Institute Helmholtz, Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

152

CryoSat: ESA’S Ice Explorer Mission, 8 Years in Operations: Status, Main Achievements andFuture Outlook

Tommaso Parrinello

ESA

IT

Tommaso Parrinello1 | 1ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

54

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POSTER SESSION

Sea Ice Mass Reconciliation Exercise (SIMRE) for Altimetry Based Sea Ice Thickness Data Sets

Stefan Hendricks

Alfred-Wegener-Institut

DE

Stefan Hendricks1, Christian Haas1, Michel Tsamados2, Andy Ridout, Ron Kwok4, Nathan Kurtz5, Kévin Guerreiro6, Eero Rinne7, Anna Bulczak8
1
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum Für Polar Und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, 2University College London, Department of Earth Sciences,
London, Great Britain, 3University College London, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, London, Great Britain, 4JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
United States, 5NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, 6Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse, France, 7Finish
Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 8IsardSAT Sp. Z.o.o., Gdansk, Poland

154

Towards a Multi-Decadal Pan-Arctic Snow Depth on Sea Ice: A Novel Model-SatelliteAirborne Fusion Approach

Isobel Lawrence

University College London

UK

Isobel Lawrence1, Michel Tsamados1, Sammie Buzzard1, Harry Heorton1, Andy Ridout1, Julienne Stroeve1 | 1University College London, London, United Kingdom

155

Estimating Time-Variable Basal Melt Rates of Antarctic Ice Shelves: Progress andChallenges

Susheel Adusumilli

Scripps Institution of
Oceanography

USA

Susheel Adusumilli1, Helen Amanda Fricker1, Laurie Padman2 | 1Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA, 2Earth and Space Research, Corvallis, United States

156

Monitoring Measurement Performance Of The CryoSat SIRAL Level 2 Data Products

Julia Gaudelli

UCL

UK

Alexander Braun

Queen’s University | WLS

CA/FI

Julia Gaudelli , Steven Baker , Alan Muir , David Brockley | UCL, Dorking, United Kingdom
1

157

1

1

1

1

Radar vs LiDAR: Where Are Their Reflective Surfaces in Vegetation and Ice/Snow?

Alexander Braun1,2, Christian Ginzler2, Yves Buehler2 | 1Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL,
Birmensdorf, Switzerland

158

Results from the ESA Arctic+ Snow Project

Michel Tsamados

University College London

UK

Michel Tsamados , Samantha Buzzard , Isobel Lawrence , Julienne Stroeve , Christian Haas , , Steffan Hendricks, Eero Rinne , Thomas Armitage , Anna Bulczak , Andrew
Ridout1 | 1Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Alfred Wegener Institut, Bremerhaven, Germany, 3York
University, York, Canada, 4NASA JPL,United States, 5Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 6IsardSAT Poland, Gdynia, Poland
1

159

1

Multi-Decadal Arctic Sea Ice Roughness

1

1

23

5

Michel Tsamados

4

University College London

6

UK

Michel Tsamados1, Anne Nolin2, Alek Petty3, Julienne Stroeve1, Jack Landy4, Christian Haas5, Fanny Ardhuin6, Peter Muller7, Said Kharbouche7 | 1University College London,
London, United Kingdom, 2Oregon State University, USA, 3NASA Goddard, USA, 4Bristol University, UK, 5AWI, Germany, 6IFREMER, France, 7MSSL, UCL, UK

55

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160

25 Year Time Series of Multiple-Satellite Ice Sheet Changes: the ESA Climate Change
Initiative

POSTER SESSION
Rene Forsberg

DTU Space

DK

Rene Forsberg1, Louise Sorensen1, Sebastian Simonsen1, Valentina Barletta1, Anders Kusk1, Thomas Nagler2, Markus Hetzenecker2, Andy Shepherd3, Andreas Groh4, Anne
Solgaard5, Marcus Engdahl6 | 1DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark, 2ENVEO, Innsbruck, Austria, 3University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 4Technical University of Dresden, Dresden,
Germany, 5GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

161

Assessing Stability and Precision of Sea-Ice Thickness Retrievals from Satellite Altimetry
by a Cross-over Analysis

Robert Ricker

AWI

DE

Alfred Wegener InstituteDE

Robert Ricker1, Stefan Hendricks1, Stephan Paul1 | 1AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany

162

Sensitivity Analysis of Different Processing Approaches on Ice-Volume Change Estimates of Veit Helm
Greenland and Antarctica

Veit Helm1, Angelika Humbert1,2 | 1Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, 2University of Bremen, Bremen,
Germany

163

Snow Depth on Sea Ice for 2013-2017 Arctic Winters from CryoSat-2 and SARAL InterComparison

Sara Fleury

LEGOS/CTOH

FRSara Fleury1, Kévin Guerreiro1, Antoine Laforge1, Florence Birol1, François Boy2, Amandine Guillot2, Nicolas Picot2, Pierre Thibaut4, Jérôme Bouffart3, Pierre Féménias3,
Tommaso Parinello3 | 1LEGOS/CTOH, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4CLS, Toulouse, France

164

Changes in Antarctic Ice Sheet Surface Elevation from a Quarter-century of Combined
Radar and Laser Altimetry

Johan Nilsson

NASA

USA

Johan Nilsson1, Fernando Paolo1, Alex Gardner1, Sebastian Bjerregaard Simonsen2 | 1JPL-NASA, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, 2DTU Space,National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

165

Sea Ice Freeboard from ICESat-2 Multi-Beam Altimetry

Thomas Armitage

JPL

USA

Julienne Stroeve

University College London

UKA

Ron Kwok1, Thomas Armitage1 | 1JPL, Pasadena, United States

166

Towards an Operational Snow Depth and Density Product for use in Radar Altimetry

Julienne Stroeve , Glen Liston , Samantha Buzzard , Michel Tsamados | University College London, London, United Kingdom
1

1

1

1

1

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9. Extending the 25-Year Altimetric Record: Challenges and Achievements
167

Use of Satellite Altimeter Data for Comparison and Calibration of Century Based Wind andWave Climate Data Record

Berguzar Oztunali
Ozbahceci

Izmir Institute ofTechnology

TR

Berguzar Oztunali Ozbahceci1, Ahmet Rıza Turgut1, Ahmet Bozoklu1, Dr Saleh Abdalla2 | 1Izmir Institute Of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, 2ECMWF, Reading, UK

168

Corsica: A 20-yr Multi-Mission Absolute Altimeter Calibration Site

Pascal Bonnefond

SYRTE

FR

Pascal Bonnefond , Pierre Exertier , Olivier Laurain , Thierry Guinle , Pierre Féménias | Observatoire de Paris-SYRTE, Paris, France, OCA/Geoazur, Sophia-Antipolis,
France, 3CNES, Toulouse, France, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
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169

2

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3

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2

Updates to the Geosat 30th Anniversary Data Set

Eric Leuliette

NOAA

US

Eric Leuliette , Walter H. F. Smith , Remko Scharroo , Frank Lemoine , Nikita Zelensky , John Lillibridge | NOAA, College Park, United States, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt,
Germany, 3NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, 4SGT Inc., Greenbelt, United States
1

170

1

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4

1

Saral/Altika Altimetry Data Processing for Determination of the Mean Sea Surface over
the Western Mediterranean Sea

2

Touati Benkouider

Centre Of Space Techniques

DZ

Michaël Ablain

CLS

FR

Touati Benkouider1, Ali Rami1 | 1Centre Of Space Techniques, Arzew, Algeria

171

Estimating Trend Uncertainties of Global Mean Sea level Evolution over the 25-Year
Altimetry Era

Michaël Ablain1, Zawadzki Lionel1, Rémi Jugier1, Benoit Meyssignac2, Anny Cazenave2 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France

172

Calibration and Intercalibration of the ERS-1/ERS-2/Envisat Microwave Radiometer Time
Series: ESA’s MWR EMiR Project

Ralf Bennartz

Vanderbilt University
University of Wisconsin

USA

Ralf Bennartz1,2, Frank Fell3, Bruno Picard4, Stefano Casadio5, Martin Stengel6, Marc Schröder6, Bojan Bojkov7, Pierre Féménias5 | 1Vanderbilt University, Nashville, UnitedStates, 2University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States, 3Informus GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 4CLS, Toulouse, France, 5ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 6German Meteorological
Service, Offenbach, Germany, 7EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

173

Developing Long-Term Consistent Altimeter Datasets for the Sentinel Era

Graham Quartly

Plymouth Marine Laboratory UK

Graham Quartly , Francesco Nencioli , Sylvie Labroue , Pierre Femenias , Remko Scharroo , Marie-Laure Frery , Saleh Abdalla , Matthias Raynal2, Pablo Garcia6, Albert
Garcia6, Alan Muir7 | 1Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK, 2CLS, Toulouse, France, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 5ECMWF,
Reading, UK, 6IsardSAT, Barcelona, Spain, 7University College London, London, UK
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174

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3

CryoSat Precise Orbit and Long Term Ocean Data Analysis and Validation

42

Marc Naeije

5

TU Delft

NL

Marc Naeije1, Ernst Schrama1 | 1TU Delft / Space Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands
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CryoSat-2 Range, Datation and Interferometer Calibration with Transponders

POSTER SESSION
Albert GarciaMondejar

Isardsat Ltd

UK

Albert Garcia-Mondejar1, Marco Fornari2, Stelios Mertikas3, Jerome Bouffard4, Joe Wood1, Pierre Féménias5, Mònica Roca1 | 1Isardsat Ltd., Guildford, United Kingdom,
2
ESA-ESTEC, , The Netherlands, 3Technical University of Crete, Greece, 4RHEA–System c/o ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

176

From Conventional to High Resolution Delay Doppler Altimetry:a Review of the Altimeters
Performances over Ocean

Matthias Rayna

CLS

FR

Matthias Raynal1, Sylvie Labroue1, Thomas Moreau1, François Boy2, Nicolas Picot2, Salvatore Dinardo3, Pierre Féménias4, Jérôme Bouffard4, Jérôme Benveniste4
CLS, Toulouse, France, 2CNES, Toulouse, France, 3EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

1

177

Tropospheric Corrections for Satellite Altimetry: Main Achievements and Perspectives

Joana Fernandes

Universidade Do Porto
CIIMAR

PR

Joana Fernandes1,2, Clara Lázaro1,2 | 1Universidade Do Porto-Faculdade De Ciências, Porto, Portugal, 2CIIMAR, Matosinhos, Portugal

178

Evaluation of Delay-Doppler SAR Processing Algorithms Over Open Ocean

Eduard Makhoul

IsardsatES

Eduard Makhoul1, Mònica Roca1, Chris Ray1,2, Roger Escolà1, Gorka Moyano1, Albert Garcia-Mondéjar1, David Cotton3, Marco Restano4 | 1Isardsat, Barcelona, Spain, 2SaintMary’s College of California, Moraga, United States, 3SatOC, Bramhall, United Kingdom, 4SERCO c/o ESA, Rome, Italy

179

The Permanent Facility for Satellite Altimetry Calibration in Gavdos/Crete, Greece: Fifteen
years of Cal/Val Service

Stelios Mertikas

Technical University of Crete

GR

Stelios Mertikas1, Craig Donlon2, Pierre Féménias3, Demitris Galanakis4, Achilles Tripolitsiotis4, Xenophon Frantzis1 | 1Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece,
2
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherland, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Itally, 4Space Geomatica P.C., Chania, Greece

180International Standardization for Satellite Altimetry Calibration: Lessons from the Past
and Roadmap to the Future

Stelios Mertikas

Technical University of Crete

GR

Pablo Garcia

IsardSATESLEGOS–CNRS

FRPablo Garcia1 | 1isardSAT SL, Barcelona, Spain

181

The Sentinel-3 SRAL Instrumental Calibration Monitoring.

Kévin Guereiro1, Sara Fleury1, Antoine Laforge1, Benoit Meyssignac1 | 1LEGOS–CNRS, UMR5566, Toulouse, France

182

Monitoring Long Term Variations of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Using Several Satellite
Altimetry Missions

Kévin Guereiro

Albert Garcia-Mondejar1, Stelios Mertikas2, Demitris Galanakis2, Sylvie Labroue, Jérôme Bruniquel6, Graham Quartly7, Pierre Féménias4, Constantin Mavrocordatos5,
Pablo García1, Mònica Roca1 | 1IsardSAT SL, Barcelona, Spain, 2Technical University of Crete, Greece, 3CLS, Toulouse, France, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5ESA-ESTEC,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 6ACRI-ST, Sophia-Antipolis, France, 7Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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183

Sentinel-3 Range and Datation Calibration with Crete Transponder

POSTER SESSION
Albert GarciaMondejar

IsardSAT

ES

Zhongxiang Zhao1, Peter Rhines2 | 1Applied Physics Laboratory, University Of Washington, Seattle, United States, 2School of Oceanography, University of Washington,
Seattle, United States

184

Internal Tide Oceanic Tomography

Zhongxiang Zhao

University of Washington

USA

David Brockley

Mullard Space Science Lab

UKDavid Brockley1 | 1Mullard Space Science Lab, Holmbury St Mary, United Kingdom

185

The Democratisation of Satellite Data Processing

Stefano Vignudelli , Francesco De Biasio , Andrea Scozzari , Stefano Zecchetto | CNR-IBF, Pisa, Italy, CNR-ISAC, Padova, Italy, CNR-ISTI, Italy
1

186

2

3

2

1

Revisiting Sea Level Trends Around Venice Using Tide Gauge Records and Improved
Satellite-Based Sea Level Products from ESA CCI Project2

Stefano Vignudelli

3

CNR-IBF

IT

Stefano Vignudelli1, Francesco De Biasio2, Andrea Scozzari3, Stefano Zecchetto2 | 1CNR-IBF, Pisa, Italy, 2CNR-ISAC, Padova, Italy, 3CNR-ISTI, Italy

187

25 Years of Wet Tropospheric Correction: Short-Term Error Assessment by Comparison toRadiosondes

Marie-Laure Frery

CLS

FR

Marie-Laure Frery1, Bruno Picard1, Mathilde Siméon1, Christophe Goldstein2, Pierre Féménias3, Remko Scharroo4 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 2CNES, Toulouse,
France, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 4Eumetsat, Darmstadt, Germany

188

Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Impact to Sea Level Variability Based on Satellite
Data

Tatyana BelonenkoSaint Petersburg State
University

RU

University of Cadiz

ES

Tatyana Belonenko1, Nikita Sandaliuk1 | 1Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

189

Validation of Coastal Sea Level Altimetry Data at High Posting Rate:80 Hz, from Sentinel3A SRAL

Ana I Aldarias

Ana I Aldarias1, Jesús Gómez-Enri1, Irene Laiz1, Begoña Tejedor1, Stefano Vignudelli2, Paolo Cipollini3 | 1University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, Spain, 2Institute of Biophysics,
CNR, Pisa, Italy, 3ESA Climate Office, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

190

Lessons Learned After 10 Years of Validation of Coastal Altimetry Products in the Gulf ofCadiz and the Srait of Gibraltar (Southwestern Iberian Peninsula)

Jesus Gomez-Enri

University of Cadiz

ES

Jesus Gomez-Enri1, Ana Aldarias1, Stefano Vignudelli2, Paolo Cipollini3, Irene Laiz1, Marcello Passaro4, Begoña Tejedor1 | 1University Of Cadiz, Puerto Real, Spain,
2
Istituto di Biofisica, CNR, Pisa, Italy, 3ESA Climate Office, Oxfordshire, U.K., 4Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut TUM, Munich, Germany
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POSTER SESSION

Contribution of 25 Years of Radar Altimeter Climate Data Record Towards Quantifying
Global Geocentric Sea-Level Rise Over the Past Seven Decades

C.K. Shum

Ohio State University
CAS

US

C.K. Shum1,2, Chungyen Kuo3, Ting-Yi Yang1, Junkun Wan1, Stephane Calmant4, Ehsan Forootan5, Jun-yi Guo1, Baki Iz1,2, Yuanyuan Jia1, Wenhau Lan3, Aive Liibusk6, Kuo-Hsin
Tseng7, Yuchan Yi1 | 1School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States, 2Institute of Geodesy & Geophysics, CAS, Wuhan, China, 3Department of Geomatics,
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 4IRD, Toulouse, France, 5School of Earth & Ocean Science, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 6Institute of Forestry and
Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Science, Tartu, Estonia, 7Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

192

Monitoring Topography of Intertidal Zones Using Satellite Radar Altimetry

Frédéric Frappart

GET | LEGOS

FR

Frédéric Frappart1,2, Edward Salameh2,3, Vincent Marieu4, Imen Turki3, Benoît Laignel3 | 1GET, Toulouse, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 3M2C, Rouen, France, 4EPOC,
Bordeaux, France

193

Sea level Change since 2005: Importance of Salinity

William Llovel

CNRS-LEGOS

FR

William Llovel1, Sarah Purkey2, Benoit Meyssignac1, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk3, Alejandro Blazquez1, Jonathan Bamber4 | 1CNRS-LEGOS, Toulouse, France, 2Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, 3LOPS-CNRS, Brest, France, 4University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

194

Arctic Freshwater Fluxes from Satellite Altimetry and Earth Observation Data

Ole Baltazar Andersen

DTU Space

DK

Ole Baltazar Andersen , Karina Nielsen , Henriette Skourup , Louise Sandberg Sørensen , Thomas Nagler , Jan Vuite , Alecei Kouraev , Eena Zakharova , Diego
Fernandez4 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 2ENVEO, Austria, 3LEGOS, France, 4ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

195

1

1

1

2

Final Results from GOCE++ Dynamical Coastal Topography and Tide Gauge Unification
Using Altimetry and GOCE

2

Ole Baltazar Andersen

3

DTU Space

3

DK

Ole Baltazar Andersen1, Per Knudsen1, Karin Nielsen1, Chris Hughes2, Phil Woodworth2, Luciana Fenoglio-Marc3, Mederic Gravelle4, Guy Woppelman4, Sara Padillo4, Rory
Bingham5, Michael Kern6, Simon Williams2 | 1DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, 2NOC, Liverpool, Great Britain, 3University of Bonn, Germany, 4University La Rochelle,
France, 5University of Bristol, Great Britain, 6ESA-ESTEC, Netherland

196

A New OGMOC Mean Dynamic Topography Model–DTU17MDTPer Knudsen

DTU Space

DK

Per Knudsen , Ole B Andersen , Thomas Fecher , Thomas Gruber , Nikolai Maximenko | DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Institute of Astronomical and PhysicalGeodesy, TUM, Germany, 3University of Hawaii at Manoa, IPRC, Honolulu, USA
1

197

1

2

2

3

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A Combined Mean Dynamic Topography Model–DTU17cMDTPer Knudsen

DTU Space

DK

Per Knudsen , Ole Andersen , Nikolai Maximenko | DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, University of Hawaii at Manoa, IPRC, Honolulu, USA
1

198

1

2

1

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Seamless Transition from LRM to SAR in the Arctic Ocean

Stine Kildegaard RoseDTU Space

DK

Stine Kildegaard Rose , Ole Baltazar Andersen , Carsten Ludwigsen | DTU Space, Kongens. Lyngby, Denmark
1

1

1

1

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199

Sea Level Anomalies and Mesoscale Activity Using Altimetry Along the African Coats in the
Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean (OSTST Alti-ETAO Project)

POSTER SESSION
Habib Boubacar Dieng

LEGOS

FR

Habib Boubacar Dieng1, Isabelle Dadou1, Fabien Léger1, Florence Birol1, Florent Lyard1, Yves Morel1, Alexis Chaigneau1,2 | 1LEGOS,Toulouse, France, 2IRHOB/CIPMA,
Cotonou, Benin200

CryoSat Interferometer Performance After 8 Years in Orbit

Michele Scagliola

Aresys Srl

IT

Michele Scagliola , Marco Fornari , Jerome Bouffard , Tommaso Parrinello | Aresys Srl, Milan, Italy, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

201

2

3

3

1

2

CryoSat SIRAL: Instrument Performance After 8 Years of Operations

3

Michele Scagliola

Aresys Srl

IT

Michele Scagliola1, Marco Fornari2, Jerome Bouffard3, Tommaso Parrinello3 | 1Aresys Srl, Milan, Italy, 2ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

202

A Validation Dataset For CryoSat Sea Ice Investigators

Julia Gaudelli

UCL

UK

Felix Perosanz

CNES-GET

Julia Gaudelli1 | 1UCL, Dorking, United Kingdom

203

How GNSS IPPP Positioning Technique Can Help Space Altimeter Missions?

FR

Felix Perosanz , Daniel Moreira , Georgia Katsigianni , Sylvain Loyer , Flavien Mercier , Jean-Francois Cretaux , Stéphane Calmant , Muriel Bergé , Jean-Charles Marty1 |1Cnes-GET, Toulouse, France, 2CPRM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3CLS, Ramonville, France, 4LEGOS-CNES, Toulouse, France
1

204

2

1

3

1

Developments in Sentinel-3 Altimetry for Sea Ice

4

Steven Baker

4

4

UCL-MSSL

UK

GFZ

DE

Steven Baker , David Brockley , Alan Muir , Julia Gaudelli | UCL-MSSL, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdo
1

205

1

1

1

1

25 years of Caspian Sea Level Fluctuations and its Regional Variability

Saskia Esselborn

Saskia Esselborn , Tilo Schöne | GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
1

206

1

1

Vertical Land Motion Determined by Satellite Altimetry and Tide-Gauge Data in Fennoscandia Martina Idzanovic

NMBU

NO

Martina Idzanovic , Kristian Breili , , Christian Gerlach , , Ole Baltazar Andersen | Faculty of Science and Technology, NMBU, Ås, Norway, Geodetic Institute, Norwegian
Mapping Authority, Hønefoss, Norway, 3Research Group for Geodesy and Glaciology, BAdW, Munich, Germany, 4DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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2

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10. Synergy Between Altimetry, Other Data and Models in Support of Operational Oceanography					
207Impact of the Assimilation of High-Resolution and High-Frequency Data in a Regional Model

Mounir Benkiran

Mercator-océan

FR

Mounir Benkiran , Elisabeth Rémy , Jean-Michel Lellouche , Marie-isabelle Pujol | Mercator-océan, Ramonville St-agne, France, CLS, Ramonville St-agne, France
1

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2

1

2

The Multi Observation Thematic Assembly Centre of the Copernicus Marine Environment
Monitoring Service

Marie-Helene Rio

CLS

FR

Stephanie Guinehut1, Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli2, Herve Claustre3, Riccardo Droghei2, Helene Etienne1, Marion Gehlen4, Eric Greiner1, Sandrine Mulet1, Marie-Helene
Rio1, Nathalie Verbrugge1 | 1CLS, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France, 2CNR, Roma, Italy, 3Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Observatoire Océanologique deVillefranche, CNRS-INSU, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France, 4Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement,
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

209

Tailored Altimeter Products for Assimilation Systems (TAPAS products)

Marie Isabelle Pujol

CLS

FR

Marie Isabelle Pujol1, Yannice Faugère1, Mounir Benkiran2, Gérald Dibarboure3 | 1CLS, Ramonville, France, 2Mercator Ocean, Ramonville, France, 3CNES, Toulouse, France

210

An OSSE to Quantify the Reliability and the Accuracy of Automatic Eddy Detection
Performed on Gridded Altimetric ProductAlex Stegner

CNRS

FR

Alex Stegner1, Briac LeVu1, Elodie Charles2, Yannice Faugere2 | 1CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2CLS, Toulouse, France

211

Coastal Currents In The Eastern Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Armando Trasviña-Castro CICESE

MX

Armando Trasviña-Castro , Juan Pablo Salazar-Ceciliano , Eduardo Gonzalez-Rodriguez | CICESE, Unidad La Paz, La Paz, Mexico, Departamento de Física,
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
1

212

2

1

1

On the Use of Eddies Detected from Surface Drifters to Quantitatively Validate andCompare the Mesoscale Eddy Atlases Constructed from Altimetry Maps

2

Rémi Laxenaire

Laboratoire de Météorologie FR
DynamiqueRémi Laxenaire1, Sabrina Speich1, Alexandre Stegner1 | 1Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR 8539 Ecole Polytechnique, ENS, CNRS, Paris, France

213

In Situ and Satellite Altimetry Ocean Currents in a Biologically Productive Region of thePatagonia Continental Shelf, Argentina

Loreley Selene Lago

INIDEPFCEN Universidad de Buenos
Aires UMI-IFAECI/CNRSCONICET-UBA

AR

Loreley Selene Lago1,2,3, Harold Fenco1, Patricia Martos1,4, Raul Guerrero1, Alberto Piola2,5, Christine Provost6, Martin Saraceno2,3,7 |1
INIDEP, Mar Del Plata, Argentina, 2DCAO, FCEN Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
4
FCEyN, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 5Departamento de Oceanografía, SHN, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Laboratoire d’Océanographie
et du Climat: Experimentation et Approches Numériques, UMR 7159, Paris, France, 7CIMA-CONICET/UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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POSTER SESSION

Synergy between HF Radar and Altimetry in the SE Bay of Biscay

Ivan Manso

AZTI

ES

Ivan Manso1, Ainhoa Caballero1, Anna Rubio1, Claire Dufau2, Florence Birol3 | 1AZTI, Pasaia, Spain, 2CLS, Ramonville St. Agne, France, 3LEGOS, Toulouse, France

215

On the Approximation of the Inverse Error Covariances of High Resolution Satellite
Altimetry Data

Joseph D'Addezio

University of Southern
Mississippi

USA

Joseph D’Addezio1, Max Yaremchuk2, Gleb Panteleev2, Gregg Jacobs2 | 1University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, United States, 2Naval Research Laboratory,
Stennis Space Center, United States

216

Study of a Mesoscale Eddy Using Drifters and Coastal Altimetry in the Bay of La Paz,
MexicoMaria Yesenia Torres
Hernandez

CICIMAR-IPN

MXMaria Yesenia Torres Hernandez1, Alida Rosina Rosales Villa2, Armando Trasviña Castro3 | 1CICIMAR-IPN, La Paz, Mexico, 2CICIMAR-IPN , La Paz, México, 3CICESE
Unidad La Paz, La Paz, Mexico

217

CryoSat-2 On-going Cal/Val and Oceanographic Studies from Pole to Equator

Chris BanksNational Oceanography Centre

UK

Chris Banks , Francisco Mir Calafat , Paolo Cipollini , Helen Snaith , Christine Gommenginger , Nadim Dayoub , Andrew Shaw , Jérôme Bouffard , Pierre Féménias7
National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, 3British Oceanographic Data Centre,
Southampton, United Kingdom, 4SKYMAT Ltd., Southampton, United Kingdom, 5Telespazio Vega UK for ESA Climate Office - ECSAT, Harwell, United Kingdom, 6RHEA-ESA,
Frascati, Italy, 7ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

1

5

3

2

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4

6

1

218

Malvinas Current at 44.7ºS: Analysis of its Variability from in-situ Data and 25 years ofSatellite Altimetry Data

Guillermina F.
Paniagua

CIMA-CONICET/UBA
Universidad de Buenos Aires
UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA

AR

Guillermina F. Paniagua1,2,3, Martín Saraceno1,2,3, Ramiro Ferrari1,3, Loreley Lago2,3,4, Camila Artana6, Alberto R. Piola2,3,5, Raúl Guerrero4 | 1CIMA-CONICET/UBA, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, 2Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y de los Océanos, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3UMI-IFAECI/CNRSCONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 5Departamento de Oceanografía, SHN,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Experimentation et Approches Numériques, UMR 7159, Paris, France

219

Effect of Altimeter Data Assimilation on the Ecosystem Distributions in the Japan Sea

Katsumi Takayama

Kyushu University

JP

Meteorological ResearchInstituteJP

Katsumi Takayama1, Naoki Hirose1 | 1Research Institute For Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan

220

Altimeter Assimilation with Offline Estimates of Non-Steric Sea Surface Height Variations

Norihisa Usui

Norihisa Usui1, Takahiro Toyoda1, Tsurane Kuragano1,2, Nariaki Hirose1, Yosuke Fujii1, Hiroyuki Tsujino1 | 1Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Tokyo
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Impact of Assimilated Altimetric Observations in the Mercator Océan Forecasting System

POSTER SESSION
Mathieu Hamon

Mercator Océan

FR

University of Cadiz

ES

Mathieu Hamon , Elisabeth Remy , Matthieu Clavier , Drillet Yann | Mercator Océan, Ramonville-Saint-agne, France
1

222

1

1

1

1

Detection of Ships Using Sentinel-3A SRAL Altimeter Waveforms

Jesus Gomez-EnriJesus Gomez-Enri , Roberto Mulero , Stefano Vignudelli , Andrea Scozzari | University Of Cadiz, Puerto Real, Spain, CNR, Pisa, Italy, Institute of Information Scienceand Technologies-CNR, Pisa, Italy
1

223

1

2

3

1

Monitoring the Algerian Basin Through Glider Observations, Satellite Altimetry and
Numerical Simulations During the ABACUS Projects (2014-2018)

2

Giuseppe Aulicino

3

Università Politecnica Delle
MarcheUniversità degli Studi diNapoli Parthenope

IT

Giuseppe Aulicino1,2, Yuri Cotroneo2, Simon Ruiz3, Ananda Pascual3, Antonio Sanchez Roman3, Giannetta Fusco2, Marc Torner3, Emma Heslop4, Giorgio Budillon2, Joaquin
Tintoré3,4 | 1Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 2Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Napoli, Italy, 3IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain, 4SOCIB,
Palma de Mallorca, Spain

224

Reconstruction of the West Spitsbergen Current Using a Combination of Observations
from Satellite Altimetry, Numerical Model and In Situ

Anna Bulczak

IsardSatPL

Anna Bulczak1, Prof Waldemar Walczowski2 | 1IsardSat, Gdansk, Poland, 2Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

225

Impact of a New High Resolution Mean Dynamic Topography and its Associated Error on
the Assimilation of Sea Level Anomaly Altimetry Data in Mercator Ocean Reanalyses at ¼°
and 1/12°

Jean-Michel Lellouche

Mercator Ocean

FR

University of Hawaii

USAJean-Michel Lellouche1, Eric Greiner2 | 1Mercator Ocean, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, 2CLS, Ramonville Saint Agne, France

226

New Connections Across the Ecosystem Due to Transport of Anthropogenic Marine Debris
By Ocean Circulation

Nikolai Maximenko

Nikolai Maximenko1, Jan Hafner1, Masafumi Kamachi2, Amy MacFadyen3, Cathryn Clarke Murray4, James Carlton5, Gregory Ruiz6 | 1University of Hawaii, United States,
2
JAMSTEC, Japan, 3NOAA Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, United States, 4Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada, 5Williams College,
United States, 6Smithsonian Institution, United States

227

Coastal and Regional Sea Level Rise in Indonesia

Julia Illigner

GFZ

DE

Julia Illigner | GFZ-German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
1

1

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Recent Developments in Altimeter Data Assimilation in the Global FOAM System

Daniel Lea

Met OfficeUK

Debadatta Swain

Indian Institute ofTechnology Bhubaneswar

IN

COAPS-Florida State
University

USA

Daniel Lea1, Matthew Martin1, Daley Calvert1, Jennie Waters1 | 1Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

229

Influence of Eddies and Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential on Intensification Changes of
Tropical Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean

Babita Jangir1, Samar Ghose1, Debadatta Swain1 | 1Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Argul, India

230

Altimetry and Ocean Prediction: A GODAE OceanView Perspective

Eric Chassignet

Eric Chassignet1, GODAE OceanView Science Team2 | 1COAPS-Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States, 2GODAE OceanView

231

Comparison of Sea Level Time Series from Coastal Altimetry and In-Situ Observations in
the Mexican Pacific Coast

Jorge Manuel Montes
Arechiga

Universidad De Guadalajara

MX

Jorge Manuel Montes Arechiga1, Anatoliy E. Filonov1, Diego A. Pantoja González1, Iryna Tereshchenko1 | 1Universidad De Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

232

Assessment of Ocean Models Against Altimetric and Gravimetric Measurements fromSpace

Luciana Fenoglio

University of BonnDE

Luciana Fenoglio1, Joanna Staneva2, Andrea Storto3, Antonio Bonaduce4, Bernd Uebbing1, Roelof Rietbroek1, Jürgen Kusche1 | 1Institute of Geodesy, University of Bonn,
Bonn, Germany, 2Institute of Coastal Research Helmholtz-Zentrum, Geesthacht, Germany, 3NATO Centre for Maritime Research, La Spezia, Italy, 4Mercator Ocean,Ramonville St-Agne, France

11. Outreach, Education and Altimetric Data Services					
233SAR Altimetry Processing on Demand Service for CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3 at ESA G-POD

Jérôme Benveniste

ESA

IT

Jérôme Benveniste , Salvatore Dinardo , Giovanni Sabatino , Marco Restano , Américo Ambrózio | ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, He Space-EUMETSAT, Darmstad,
Germany, 3Progressive Systems-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy,4SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5DEIMOS/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
1

234

Broadview Radar Altimetry Toolbox

2

3

4

5

1

2

Albert GarciaMondejar

IsardsatES

Albert Garcia-Mondejar1, Roger Escolà1, Gorka Moyano1, Mònica Roca1, Miguel Terra- Homem2, Ana Friaças2, Fernando Martinho2, Ernst Schrama3, Marc Naeije3, Marco
Restano4, Americo Ambrozio5, Jérôme Benveniste6 | 1Isardsat Ltd., Guildford, United Kingdom, 2DEIMOS Engenharia, Lisbon, Portugal, 3TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace
Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands, 4SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5DEIMOS/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 6ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

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235

GOCE User Toolbox and Tutorial

POSTER SESSIONPer Knudsen

DTU Space

DK

ESA

IT

Per Knudsen , Jerome Benveniste , Et All | DTU Space, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, GUT Team
1

236

2

3

1

2

Four Years of G-POD SAR Service: A Story of Success3

Salvatore Dinardo

Salvatore Dinardo5, Jerome Benveniste1, Giovanni Sabatino2, Marco Restano3, Americo Ambrozio4 | 1ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 2ESA-RSS, Frascati, Italy, 3Serco-ESRIN,
Frascati, Italy, 4DEIMOS-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 5He Space, Darmstadt, Germany

237

25 Years of Societal Benefits from Ocean Altimetry Mission Data

Margaret Srinivasan

JPL

USA

Isabelle Soleilhavoup

NOVELTISFRMargaret Srinivasan | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
1

238

1

The Research and User Support (RUS) Service: a New Free Expert Service for Sentinel Data Users

Isabelle Soleilhavoup1, Eric Jeansou1, Pierre Fabry3, Eric Guzzonato2, Brice Mora2, Sylvie Remondiere4, Francesco Palazzo4 | 1NOVELTIS, Labege, France, 2C-S, Toulouse,
France, 3Along-Track, Brest, France, 4Serco, Roma, Italia

239

Outreaching Hydrology from Space & SWO

Vinca Rosmorduc

CLS

FR

Mounir Benkiran

Mercator-océan

FR

Vinca Rosmorduc , Nicolas Picot | CLS, Ramonville Stagne, France, CNES, Toulouse, France
1

2

1

2

12. Outlook on Future Missions Requirements
240

Contribution of Wide-Swath Altimetry Missions to the Ocean Analysis and Forecasting
System in the Iberia-Biscay-Ireland (IBI) Region

Mounir Benkiran1, Antonio Bonaduce1, Elisabeth Rémy1, Pierre-Yves Le traon1,2 | 1Mercator-océan, Ramonville St-agne, France, 2IFREMER, Toulouse, France

241

Improved Retrieval of Titan Surface Topography from the Delay-Doppler Algorithm Applied Valerio Poggiali
to Cassini Radar Altimeter Data

Cornell University

USA

Valerio Poggiali1, Alexander G. Hayes1, Marco Mastrogiuseppe2, Roberto Seu2, Joseph Mullen1, Peter G. Ford3, Samuel Birch1, Mariacarmela Raguso2 | 1Cornell University,
Ithaca, United States, 2La Sapienza Universita di Roma, Roma, Italy, 3MIT, Cambridge, United States

242

New Altimetry Missions to Observe the Cryosphere

Bjoern Barthen

AirbusDE

Bjoern Barthen , Robert Cullen , Yves Le Roy , Harald Feuer , Klaus-Werner Kruse , Friedhelm Rostan | Airbus, Immenstaad, Germany, ESQ, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands, 3Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France
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2

3

1

1

1

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2

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POSTER SESSION

Data-Driven and Learning-Based Approaches for the Spatio-Temporal Interpolation of SLA Ronan Fablet
Fields from Current and Future Satellite-Derived Altimeter Data

Imt AtlantiqueFR

Ronan Fablet1, Manuel Lopez-Radcenco1, Said Ouala1, Redouane Lguensat1,2, Laura Gomez-Navarro2,3, Ananda Pascual3, Fabrice Collard5, Lucile Gaultier5, Bertrand Chapron4,
Jacques Verron2 | 1Imt Atlantique, Brest, France, 2IGE, CNRS, Grenoble, France, 3IMEDEA, Esporles, Spain, 4Ifremer, LOPS, Brest, France, 5ODL, Brest, France

244

Experiment at the International Space Station: a Microwave Radar With Scanning Fan
Beam Antenna at Nadir Probing

Vladimir Karaev

Institute of Applied Physics
Ras

RU

Vladimir Karaev1, Dr. Maria Panfilova1, Dr. Yury Titchenko1, Eugeny Meshkov1, Maria Ryabkova1 | 1Institute of Applied Physics Ras, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

245

On the Assimilation of High-Resolution Wide-Swath Altimetric Data

Emmanuel Cosme

University of Grenoble Alpes, FR
IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE

Emmanuel Cosme1, Nora Poel1, Laura Gómez Navarro1,2, Jean-Michel Brankart1, Julien Le Sommer1, Ananda Pascual2, Jean-Marc Molines1 | 1University of Grenoble Alpes,
IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France, 2IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, Spain

246

Ku/Ka Radar Altimeter for a Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission

Yves Le Roy

Thales Alenia SpaceFRYves Le Roy , Benjamin Carayon , Robert Cullen , Erik De Witte | Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The The Netherlands
1

247

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2

2

1

2

Sentinel-3 Topography Mission Payload

Alexandre Houpert

Thales Alenia SpaceFR

Alexandre Houpert1, Franck Borde2, Constantin Mavrocordatos2, Vanin Felice2 | 1Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France, 2ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The The Netherlands

248

Swath Altimetry for Operational Oceanography

Franck DemeestereThales Alenia SpaceFRFranck Demeestere , Anne Duclos , Laurent Phalippou, Laurent Rey , Benjamin Monteillet , Erik De Witte , Craig Donlon , Cécile Cheymol , Alain Mallet | Thales Alenia
Space, Toulouse, France, 2ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3CNES, Toulouse, France
1

249

1

1

1

Design Status of the Ka-Band Scanning Doppler Scatterometer for the SKIM Mission

2

2

3

Eric Caubet

3

Thales Alenia Space

1

FR

Eric Caubet , Erik De Witte , Bertrand Chapron , Laurent Phalippou , Céline Tison , Frédéric Nouguier , Jean-Claude Lalaurie , Laurent Rey | Thales Alenia Space,
Toulouse, France, 2ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3CNES, Toulouse, France, 4IFREMER, Plouzané, France
1

250

2

4

1

3

Technical Challenges and Status of the Ka-Band Interferometric Radio-Frequence Unit for
the SWOT Mission

4

Frederic Robert

3

1

1

Thales Alenia Space

FR

Sophie Ramongassie1, Frederic Robert1, Nicolas Taveneau1, Guy Michaud1, Cecile Cheymol2, Emmanuel Robert2, Pierre Sengenes2 | 1Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France,
2
CNES, Toulouse, France67

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Sentinel-6 Level-1 Poseidon-4 Ground Processor Prototype Architecture and Processing Modes Gorka Moyano

IsardSATES

Gorka Moyano1, Eduard Makhoul1, Roger Escolà1, Pablo García1, Albert Garcia-Mondéjar1, Mònica Roca1, Marco Fornari2, Robert Cullen3 | 1IsardSAT, Barcelona, Spain,
2
RHEA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

252

Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission Retrievals in the Ice-Covered Polar Oceans

Thomas Armitage

JPL

US

Rashmi Shah

NASA

USA

Thomas Armitage , Ron Kwok | JPL, Pasadena, United States
1

253

1

1

High Temporal SSH Measurements Using Wideband Ku-Band Signals of Opportunity

Rashmi Shah , James Garrison , Soon Chye Ho , Zhijin Li , Y. Tony Song | JPL-NASA, Pasadena, United States, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
1

254

2

2

1

1

1

2

SWOT in the Tropics: Designing a Joint In Situ Experiment with SWOT during the FastSampling Phase to Sample Small-Scale Dynamics around New-Caledonia

Guillaume Sérazin

LEGOS/IRDFR

Guillaume Sérazin1, Frédéric Marin1, Lionel Gourdeau1, Mei-Ling Dabat2 | 1LEGOS/IRD, Toulouse, France, 2LEGOS, Toulouse, France

255

Transition of SAR Interferometric Altimetry from R&D to Operations

Mark Drinkwater

ESA

NL

Mark Drinkwater1, Robert Cullen1, Craig Donlon1, Noel Gourmelen1, Michael Kern1, Constantin Mavrocordatos1, Gerhard Ressler1, Andrew Shepherd2, Noel Gourmelen3 |1
ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

256

S6 P4 GPP: The Sentinel-6 Poseidon-4 Ground Processor Prototype. Performance Validation

Eduard Makhoul

IsardsatES

Eduard Makhoul , Gorka Moyano , Roger Escolà , Pablo García , Albert Garcia-Mondéjar , Mònica Roca , Marco Fornari , Mieke Kuschnerus , Robert Cullen | Isardsat,
Barcelona, Spain, 2IsardSAT Ltd., Guildford, United Kingdom, 3ESA-RHEA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 4ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
1

257

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1

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The Altimeter Product Suite for Sentinel-6/Jason-CS Mission

2

1

Remko Scharroo

3

4

EUMETSAT

4

1

DE

Remko Scharroo1, Cristina Martin-Puig1, Carolina Nogueira Loddo1, Rob Cullen2, Marco Fornari2, Mònica Roca3, Thomas Moreau4 | 1EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 2ESAESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3IsardSAT, Barcelona, France, 4CLS, Ramonville-St. Agne, France68

2018 IDS WORKSHOP

DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

This is a meeting for all those who analyze DORIS data, use products derived from DORIS data, or who are involved with the DORIS network. The
meeting will highlight current developments and the status of scientific results that use DORIS data, and will provide a platform for discussion andcoordination of future activities. The session will include oral presentations and posters.

SESSION I: DORIS network and constellation: status and evolution
SESSION II: IDS Processing and Plans for the Next ITRFSESSION III: Precise Orbit Determination
SESSION IV: Research activities and new applications
IDS workshop sessions
Monday, September 24 2018
14:30-16:10

SESSION I: DORIS network and constellation: status and evolution

Lagoa Do Fogo

16:40-18:20

SESSION II: IDS Processing and Plans for the Next ITRF

Lagoa Do Fogo

Tuesday, September 25 2018
14:00-15:40

SESSION III: Precise Orbit Determination

Lagoa Do Fogo

16:10-17:30

SESSION IV: Research activities and new applications

Lagoa Do Fogo

Wednesday, September 26 201808:30-12:20

Governing Board Meeting

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DAY 1 | MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2018

ORAL SESSIONS
14:30-16:10

SESSION I: DORIS Network and Constellation: Status and Evolution

14:30-14:40

WelcomeLagoa Do Fogo
Chairs: Hugues Capdeville - Frank LemoineFrank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC, United States)

14:40-15:00

DORIS System Status and Future Missions
Pascale Ferrage (CNES, France), Cécile Manfredi (CNES, France), Christian Jayles (CNES, France)

15:00-15:20

DORIS Network 2018 Status Report

15:20-15:40

The International DORIS Service: Status Report

Jérôme Saunier (IGN, France)
Laurent Soudarin (CLS, France), Pascale Ferrage (CNES, France)

15:40-16:00

Noise analysis in the DORIS station position time series with a view to assessing the monument stability
Jérôme Saunier (IGN, France), Guilhem Moreaux (CLS, France)

16:10 - 16:40 Coffee Break
16:40- 18:20

SESSION II: IDS Processing and Plans for the Next ITRF

16:40-17:00

Improvement of the CNES/CLS IDS Analysis Center solution for the contribution to the next ITRF

Chairs: Jean-Michel Lemoine - Guilhem Moreaux

Hugues Capdeville (CLS, France), Jean-Michel Lemoine (CNES, FRANCE)

17:00 - 17:20 Station Positions and Earth Rotation Parameters from JASON-1, JASON-2, and ENVISAT
Rolf Koenig (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany), Anton Reinhold (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany), SusanneGlaser (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany), Karl Hans Neumayer (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany)

17:20 - 17:40 Improvements to the GSC Processing and their Impact on Geodetic ProductsFrank Lemoine (NASA GSFC, United States), Nikita Zelensky (SGT Inc, U.S.A.), Alexandre Belli (NPP/USRA @ NASA GSFC, U.S.A.), Douglas Chinn (SGT Inc., U.S.A.),
Despina Pavlis (ESSIC @ University of Maryland/College Park, U.S.A.), Taylor Thomas (Emergent Space Technologies, U.S.A.)

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17:40 - 18:00 DORIS scale consistency in GOP time series
Petr Stepanek (Geodetic Observatory Pecny, VUGTK, Czech Republic)

18:00 - 18:20 IDS Combined Solution: on the way to the ITRF2020
Guilhem Moreaux (CLS, France)

DAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:40 SESSION III: Precise Orbit Determination

Chairs: Alexandre Couhert - Petr Stepanek

14:00 - 14:20 The new time-variable gravity field model for POD of altimetric satellites based on GRACE+SLR RL04 from CNES/GRGS
Jean-Michel Lemoine (CNES, France), Stéphane Bourgogne (Géode & Cie, France), Richard Biancale (CNES, France), Franck Reinquin (CNES, France)

14:20 - 14:40 Pre-GRACE era recovery of time-varying DORIS-based mass concentration parameters for TOPEX/Poseidon precise orbit determination.
John Moyard (CNES, France), Alexandre Couhert (CNES, France), Flavien Mercier (CNES, France)

14:40 - 15:00 Copernicus POD Service - Sentinel-3 orbit determination based on DORIS observations
Heike Peter (PosiTim UG, Germany), Jaime Fernández (GMV AD, Spain), Pierre Féménias (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)

15:00 - 15:20 IDS DORIS RINEX Processing at the European Space Operations Centre
Michiel Otten (ESA/ESOC, Germany), Werner Enderle (ESA/ESOC, Germany)

15:20 - 15:40 Status of SLR and DORIS data processing of Jason satellites at DGFI-TUM
Sergei Rudenko (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Mathis Bloßfeld (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Frank G. Lemoine (NASA GSFC, USA

15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break71

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16:10 - 17:30 SESSION IV: Research activities and new applications

DAY 2 | TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2018
Chairs: Denise Dettmering - Pascal Willis

16:10 - 16:30 The impact of low-latency DORIS data on near real-time VTEC modeling
Eren Erdogan (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany), Denise Dettmering (Deutsches
Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany), Michael Schmidt (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut
der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM), Germany), Andreas Goss (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität
München (DGFI-TUM), Germany)

16:30 - 16:50 Consistency of the DORIS and GPS assessments for real-time global ionospheric maps
Wang Ningbo (Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, China), Zishen Li (Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, China)

16:50 - 17:10 Architecture for a Combined DORIS-GNSS Receiver
Christian Jayles (CNES, France)

17:10 - 17:30 A model for DORIS USO in the SAA
Eva Jalabert (CNES, France)

DAY 3 | WENESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 201808:30 - 12:20 Governing Board Meeting

Chair: Frank Lemoine

08:30 - 12:30 Discussions
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch72

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IDS1_001

DAY 3 | WENESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2018
Lagoa do fogo

NASA CDDIS: Important Changes to User Access
Carey Noll (NASA GSFC), Benjamin Patrick Michael (NASA GSFC)

IDS1_002

About the DORIS Station in Ponta Delgada
Guilhem Moreaux (CLS), Jérôme Saunier (IGN), Christian Jayles (CNES), Philippe Yaya (CLS)

IDS1_003

An Atlantic Network of Geodynamic and Space Stations (project RAEGE)
Susana Garcia-Espada (Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGE), RAEGE Santa Maria), Ruben Bolano Gonzalez (Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGE), RAEGE Santa
Maria), Luis R. Santos (RAEGE Santa Maria), Sara V. Pavão (RAEGE Santa Maria), Pablo de Vicente (Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGE)), José Antonio López
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DAY 4 | THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018

The annual meeting of the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST), will be held in the second part of the “25 Years of Progress in Radar
Altimetry” Symposium and will address specific issues on the TOPEX/Poseidon-Jason series of missions, including algorithm and model improvement,
Cal/Val activities, merging with other altimetric satellites (CryoSat-2, SARAL/AltiKa, HY-2, Sentinel-3), and preparation for the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS and
SWOT missions.

OSTST Meeting sessions
Thursday, September 27 201809:30-12:45

OSTST Opening plenary Session

Teatro Auditorium

14:00-18:00

Instrument Processing: Measurements and Retracking

Teatro Auditorium

14:00-15:45

Outreach, Education and Altimetric Data Services

Lagoa Do Congro

14:00-18:00

Precision Orbit Determination

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

16:15-18:00

Quantifying Errors and Uncertainties in Altimetry data

Lagoa Do Congro

18:00-20:00

Poster Session 1 & Cocktail

Foyer, Salao Nobre & tent

Friday, September 28 2018
09:00-10:30

Application development for Operations

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

09:00-12:30

Regional and Global CAL/VAL for Assembling a Climate Data Record

Teatro Auditorium

09:00-10:30

The Geoid, Mean Sea Surfaces and Mean Dynamic Topography

Lagoa Do Congro

11:00-12:30

Instrument Procesing: Propagation, Wind Speed and Sea State Bias

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

11:00-12:30

Tides, internal tides and high-frequency processes

Lagoa Do Congro

14:00-15:00

Poster session 2

Foyer, Salao Nobre & tent

15:30-18:00

OSTST Closing Plenary Session

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ORAL SESSIONS
09:30-12:45

OSTST Opening Plenary Session

09:30-09:35

Welcoming remarks and meeting overview

Teatro Auditorium
Chairs: Pascal Bonnefond - Craig Donlon - Eric Leuliette - Remko Scharroo - Josh Willis

Pascal Bonnefond (Observatoire de Paris - SYRTE, France)

09:30-10:00

NASA/CNES/EUMETSAT/NOAA/ESA program status
Program Managers (NASA/CNES/EUMETSAT/NOAA/ESA)

10:00-10:15

Jason-2 mission overview

10:15-10:30

Jason-3 mission overview

Christophe Maréchal (CNES, France)
Christophe Maréchal (CNES, France)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:15

SARAL/AltiKa mission overview
Nadège Queruel (CNES, France)

11:15-11:30

Sentinel-3 mission overview
Craig Donlon (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany)

11:30-11:45

Sentinel-6/Jason-CS news and developments
Pierrik Vuilleumier (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands), John Loving (NOAA, United States), François Parisot (EUMETSAT, Germany),
Parag Vaze (NASA/JPL, United States), Gilles Tavernier (CNES, France)

11:45-12:00

SWOT status
Lee-Lueng Fu (JPL, United States), Rosemary Morrow (LEGOS, France)

12:00-12:15

CFOSAT: A new satellite for the observation of wind and waves
Cédric Tourain (CNES, France)75

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Future Missions: The Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Mission and ESA EE9 Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) Mission
Craig Donlon (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands), Robert Cullen (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands), Fabrice Ardhuin (LOPS, France)

12:30-12:45

Topics to be discussed in the splinters
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany)

12:45-14:00

Lunch

14:00-18:00

Instrument Processing: Measurement and Retracking

14:00-14:15

Sentinel-6 Poseidon-4 RMC mode processing and expected performance

14:15-14:30

Fast and accurate Delay/Doppler processing: applying range walk compensation while preserving the computational complexity

Chairs: Francois Boy - Phil Callahan - Robert Cullen - Jean-Damien Desjonqueres Alejandro Egido - Cristina Martin-Puig - Walter H.F. Smith

Mieke Kuschnerus (ESA, Netherlands)
Michele Scagliola (Aresys, Italy), Marco Fornari (ESA, The Netherlands), Lisa Recchia (Aresys, Italy)

14:30-14:45

Impact of Geoid Curvatures and Slopes on LRMC, RDSAR and SAR Mode Waveforms
Christopher Buchhaupt (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Luciana Fenoglio-Marc (Univeristy of Bonn, Germnay), Salvatore Dinardo (HeSpace/EUMETSAT, Germany),
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Jerome Benveniste (ESA/ESRIN, Italy), Matthias Becker (TU Darmstadt, Germany),

14:45-15:00

From unfocused to fully focused SAR processing: illustrations of potential benefits for different surfaces
Pierre Rieu (CLS, France), Thomas Moreau (CLS, France), Laiba Amarouche (CLS, France), Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France), François Boy (CNES, France),
Sophie Le Gac (CNES, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Franck Borde (ESA, The Netherlands), Constantin Mavrocordatos (ESA, The Netherlands)

15:00-15:15

A coherent processing approach with improved performance capabilities for measuring ocean surface parameters
Thomas Moreau (CLS, France), Pierre Rieu (CLS, France), Jérémie Aublanc (CLS, France), Matthias Raynal (CLS, France), Ngan Tran (CLS, France),
Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France), François Boy (CNES, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Franck Borde (ESA, The Netherlands),
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DAY 4 | THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018

A waveform model for fully focused SAR altimetry
Chris Ray (Saint Mary’s College of California/NOAA, United States), Alejandro Egido (NOAA, UNITED STATES)

15:30-15:45

Towards the Optimization of SAR Altimetry Processing Over the Open Ocean
Alejandro Egido (NOAA / GST, United States), Chris Ray (SMC / NOAA, United States)

15:45-16:15

Coffee break

16:15-16:30

Toward a CryoSat-2 / Sentinel-3 continuum of sea-ice thickness and volume observations
Antoine Laforge (LEGOS, France), Sara Fleury (LEGOS/CTOH, France), Kévin Guerreiro (LEGOS, France), Florence Birol (LEGOS, France),
Salvatore Dinardo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Giovanni Sabatino (ESRIN, Italy), Jérôme Benveniste (ESRIN/ESA, Italy), Jérôme Bouffard (ESRIN/ESA, Italy)

16:30-16:45

Better than Averaging : Empirical correction for Intra-1Hz correlations

16:45-17:00

Early results from Sentinel-3B commissioning phase

Graham Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom), Walter Smith (NOAA, UNITED STATES), Marcello Passaro (Technical Unversitat Muenchen, Germany)
François Boy (CNES, France), Franck Borde (ESTEC, The Netherlands), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Fanny Piras (CLS, France), Matthias Raynal (CLS, France),
Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France), Amandine Guillot (CNES, France)

17:00-17:15

Assessing high-wavenumber spectral slopes (and effective resolution) in new altimeter products
Sarah Gille (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, United States), Jessica Masich (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, UNITEDSTATES), Teresa Chereskin (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, United States), Marcello Passaro (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut
der Technischen Universität München, Germany), Saulo Soares (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, United States)

17:15-17:30

Status and Perspectives for Wave Height estimation from altimeter measurements
Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France), Thomas Moreau (CLS, France), Laiba Amarouche (CLS, France), Pierre Rieu (CLS, France), Fanny Piras (CLS, France),
François Boy (CNES, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Franck Borde (ESA, The Netherlands), Constantin Mavrocordatos (ESA, The Netherlands)

17:30-17:45

A Numerical Retracking Approach for TOPEX Data Reprocessing
Jean-Damien Desjonqueres (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Philip Callahan (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES),
Shailen Desai (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES), Matthieu Talpe (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES)

17:45-18:00

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ORAL SESSIONS
14:00-15:45

Outreach, Education and Altimetric Data Services

14:00-14:15

Latest Data Services at PO.DAAC

Lagoa Do Congro
Chairs: Jessica Hausman - Vinca Rosmorduc - Margaret Srinivasan

Jessica Hausman (JPL, United States)

14:15-14:30

ALES dataset in OpenADB
Marcello Passaro (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Ana Nuñez (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Christian Schwatke (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Gaia Piccioni (DGFI-TUM, Germany),
Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM, Germany)

14:30-14:45

Enhancing oceanographic education and research in West Africa-the role of data availability
Ebenezer Nyadjro (University of New Orleans, United States), Brian Arbic (University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA)14:45-15:00

Visualisation and Analysis of Climate Data in the ESA CCI Toolbox
Ed Pechorro (ESA Climate Office, United Kingdom), Carsten Brockmann (Brockmann Consult GmbH, Germany), Norman Fomferra (Brockmann Consult GmbH,Germany), Susan Smollich (Brockmann Consult GmbH, Germany), Anna Corlyon (Telespazio Vega UK , United Kingdom), Jānis Gailis (Science [&] Technology
Corporation (S[&]T), Norway), Rainer Hollmann (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany), Vivien Priemer (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany), Kevin John Pearson(University of Reading, United Kingdom), Frank Paul (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Paolo Cipollini (ESA Climate Office, United Kingdom), Catherine Downy(ESA Climate Office, United Kingdom), Paul Fisher (ESA Climate Office, United Kingdom)

15:00-15:15

NOAA’s Adopt a Drifter Program
Emily Smith (NOAA/UCAR, United States)

15:15-15:30

Outreach & data services showcases
All (OSTST)

15:30-15:45

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ORAL SESSIONS
14:00-18:00

Precision Orbit Determination

14:05-14:20

Jason-2/3 POD Status and First Results for Sentinel-3B

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades
Chairs: Sean Bruinsma - Alexandre Couhert - Frank Lemoine

John Moyard (CNES, France), Eva Jalabert (CNES, France), Alexandre Couhert (CNES, France), Flavien Mercier (CNES, France), Sabine Houry (CNES, France),
Hanane Ait Lakbir (CSSI, France), Clément Masson (CSSI, France)

14:20-14:35

Improved orbit time series for the TOPEX and Jason missions using SLR/DORIS data
Frank Lemoine (NASA GSFC, United States), Nikita Zelensky (SGT Inc., U.S.A), Alexandre Belli (NPP/USRA @ NASA GSFC, United States), Taylor Thomas (Emergent
Space Technologies, United States), Brian Beckley (SGT Inc., United States), Douglas Chinn (SGT Inc., United States), Despina Pavlis (ESSIC, University of
Maryland @ College Park, United States), Jean-Paul Boy (EOST/IPGS, University of Strasbourg, France)

14:35-14:50

GPS-Based Jason-2 and Jason-3 Precision Orbit Determination Solutions in the IGS14 Reference Frame
Shailen Desai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Willy Bertiger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Bruce Haines (Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
United States), Da Kuang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Aurore Sibois (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States)

14:50-15:05

Sentinel-3B - GPS L2C tracking tests during commissioning phase

15:05-15:20

Precise Orbit Determination status on Jason-2&3 and Sentinel-3A&B by CNES/CLS IDS Analysis Center

15:20-15:35

Short latency GPS orbit solutions for LEO satellites

Jaime Fernández (GMV, Spain), Heike Peter (PosiTim UG, Germany), Pierre Féménias (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)
Hugues Capdeville (CLS, France), Jean-Michel Lemoine (CNES, France)
Trilles Sébastien (Thales Alenia Space, France), Julie Anton (Thales Alenia Space, France), Halima Jmili (Thales Alenia Space, France),
Sébastien Trilles (Thales Alenia Space, France), Thierry Authié (Thales Alenia Space, France), Flavien Mercier (CNES, France)

15:45-16:15

Coffee break

16:15-16:30

Integer Ambiguity resolved orbits for Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B
Michiel Otten (ESA/ESOC, Germany), Claudia Flohrer (ESA/ESOC, Germany), Tim Springer (ESA/ESOC, Germany), Werner Enderle (ESA/ESOC, Germany)79

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DAY 4 | THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018

Fixed GPS ambiguity orbit solutions
Flavien Mercier (CNES, France), Clément Masson (CS-SI, France), Sabine Houry (CNES, France), Hanane Ait-Lakbir (CS-SI, France),
Alexandre Couhert (CNES, France), Eva Jalabert (CNES, France), John Moyard (CNES, France)

16:45-17:00

On the effect of non-tidal atmospheric loading on altimetry orbits
Rolf Koenig (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany), Anton Reinhold (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany),
Henryk Dobslaw (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany), Saskia Esselborn (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany),
Karl Hans Neumayer (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany)

17:00-17:15

From satellite antenna Centers of Phase to the Center of the Earth: a study in improving the modeling of SLR/DORIS antenna phase centersand of the geocenter
Nikita Zelensky (SGT / GSFC, United States), Frank Lemoine (NASA/GSFC, United States), Brian Beckley (SGT/GSFC, United States), Alexandre Belli (NASA/GSFC, UnitedStates), Despina Pavlis (UMD / GSFC, United States), Douglas Chinn (SGT / GSFC, United States), Taylor Thomas (Emergent Space Technologies / GSFC, United States)

17:15-17:30

The new time-variable gravity field model for POD of altimetric satellites based on GRACE+SLR RL04 from CNES/GRGS

17:30-17:45

Improved determination of the very low-degree Earth’s gravity coefficients for satellite altimetryJean-Michel Lemoine (CNES, France), Stéphane Bourgogne (Géode & Cie, France), Richard Biancale (CNES, France), Franck Reinquin (CNES, France)
Alexandre Couhert (CNES, France), Flavien Mercier (CNES, France), Richard Biancale (CNES, France), Christian Bizouard (Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE, France)

17:45-18:00

Discussion

ORAL SESSIONS
16:15-18:00

Quantifying Errors and Uncertainties in Altimetry data

16:15-16:30

Assessment of the SARM processing sensitivity to swell

Lagoa Do Congro
Chairs: Michael Ablain - Joel Dorandeu - Remko Scharroo

Matthias Raynal (CLS, France), Thomas Moreau (CLS, France), Ngan Tran (CLS, France), Sylvie Labroue (CLS, France), François Boy (CNES, France), Pierre
Féménias (ESA/ESRIN, Italy), Franck Borde (ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands)

16:30-16:45

Random Error Estimation of Sentinel-3 and Jason-3 Wind and Wave Data: Initial Efforts
Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF, United Kingdom)80

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DAY 4 | THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2018

Impact of Geophysical Corrections on Altimetry Sea Level Estimations Near the Coast
Florence Birol (Université de Toulouse/Legos, France), Fernando Niño (Université de Toulouse/Legos, France), Fabien Léger (Université de Toulouse/Legos,
France), Fabien Blarel (Université de Toulouse/Legos, France)

17:00-17:15

Aliased Tidal Variability in Mesoscale Sea Level Anomaly Maps

17:15-17:30

Accounting for gravitational attraction and loading effects from land ice on altimeter data

Edward Zaron (Portland State University, United States), Richard Ray (NASA/GSFC, United States)
Rui Ponte (AER, United States), Katherine Quinn (AER, United States), Christopher Piecuch (WHOI, United States)

17:30-17:45

Ocean mesoscale error reduction thanks to the new SAR/LR-RMC processing: new perspectives for DUACS
Yannice Faugere (CLS Space Oceanography Division, France), Marie-Isabelle Pujol (CLS, France), Oscar Vergara (Legos, France), Francois Boy (CNES, France),
Thomas Moreau (CLS, France), Jeremie Aublanc (CLS, France), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France)

17:45-18:00

Discussion

18:00 - 20:00 Poster session 1 & Cocktail

DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018
ORAL SESSIONS

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades

09:00-10:30

Application Development for Operations

Chairs: Gerald Dibarboure - Gregg Jacobs - Carolina Nogueira Loddo - Joseph Sienkiewicz

09:00-09:15

Sentinel-3 and Jason-3 NRT Wind and Wave Products: Assessment and Assimilation
Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF, United Kingdom)

09:15-09:30

Significant Wave Height in the Subpolar Seas of the Arctic: Satellite Radar Altimeter Observations spanning Two Decades
Kyle Duncan (University of Maryland, United States), John Kuhn (NOAA, United States), Sinead Farrell (University of Maryland, United States)81

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09:30-09:45

DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Pathways, impacts and fate of marine debris generated by the 2011 tsunami in Japan, derived from a synthesis of numerical models andobservational reports
Nikolai Maximenko (IPRC/SOEST, University of Hawaii, United States), Jan Hafner (IPRC/SOEST, University of Hawaii, United States), Masafumi Kamachi(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Amy MacFadyen (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)

09:45-10:00

New Level-3 and Level-4 near-real-time wave products derived from altimetry and SAR

10:00-10:15

Near-Real Time monitoring of Water Surface Height for inland waters

Elodie Charles (CLS, France), Romain Husson (CLS, France), Nicolas Taburet (CLS, France), Alexis Mouche (IFREMER, France)
Lionel Zawadzki (CLS, France), Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS/CNES, France), Philippe Pacholczyk (CNES, France), Nicolas Taburet (CLS, France),
Maxime Vayre (CLS, France), Rémi Jugier (CLS, France), Adrien Paris (CLS, France)

10:15-10:30

Discussion

ORAL SESSIONS
09:00-12:30

Regional and Global CAL/VAL for Assembling a Climate Data Record

09:00-09:15

The Harvest Experiment: Updates from the Platform and Regional Campaigns

Teatro Auditorium
Chairs: Pascal Bonnefond - Shailen Desai - Bruce Haines Eric Leuliette - Nicolas Picot

Bruce Haines (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Shailen Desai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States),
Christian Meinig (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States), Scott Stalin (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States)

09:15-09:30

Absolute altimeter bias results from Bass Strait, Australia
Christopher Watson (University of Tasmania, Australia), Benoit Legresy (CSIRO, Australia), Jack Beardsley (Integrated Marine Observing System, Australia),
Matt King (University of Tasmania, Australia)

09:30-09:45

Transponder and Sea-surface Calibration of Satellite altimeters at the Permanent Facility for Altimeter Calibration in west Crete, Greece
Stelios Mertikas (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Craig Donlon (European Space Agency, The Netherlands), Pierre Femenias (European Space Agency,
Italy), Constantin Mavrocordatos (European Space Agency, The Netherlands), Demitris Galanakis (Space Geomatica P.C., Greece), Tommaso Parrinello(European Space Agency, Italy), Francois Boy (CNES, France), Ilias Tziavos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), George Vergos (Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki, Greece), Xenofon Frantzis (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Achilles Tripolitsiotis (Space Geomatica P.C., Greece)82

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09:45-10:00

DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Corsica: A 20-Yr Multi-Mission Absolute Altimeter Calibration Site
Pascal Bonnefond (Observatoire de Paris - SYRTE, France), Olivier Laurain (OCA-Geoazur, France), Pierre Exertier (OCA-Geoazur, France), Thierry Guinle (CNES,
France), Féménias Pierre (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)

10:00-10:15

Regional in situ CalVal of satellite altimeter range at non-dedicated sites
Mathilde Cancet (NOVELTIS, France), Pascal Bonnefond (OBSPM/SYRTE, France), Bruce Haines (JPL/NASA, USA), Christopher Watson (University of Tasmania,
Australia), Florent Lyard (LEGOS/CNRS/OMP, France), Olivier Laurain (OCA/GEOAZUR, France), Pierre Féménias (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)

10:15-10:30

14 years of Absolute calibration of satellite altimeters on Lake Issykkul from GPS field campaigns
Jean-Francois Cretaux (CNES/LEgos, France), Muriel Berge-Nguyen (Legos/CNES, France), Stephane Calmant (Legos/IRD, France), Pascal Bonnefond (SYRTE,
Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, LNE, France), Nurzat Jamangulova (IWPH, Kyrgyzstan), Rysbek Satylkanov (IWPH,
Kyrgyzstan), Florent Lyard (Legos/CNRS, France), Felix Perosanz (Get/CNES, France), Philippe Maisongrande (Legos/CNES, France)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:15

Comparisons of Jason-3, Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B and tide gauges

11:15-11:30

Sentinel-3B commissioning: first results from the Level 2 Marine Products

Eric Leuliette (NOAA, United States), Amanda Plagge (NOAA/Global Science and Technology, Inc., United States)
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Cristina Martin-Puig (EUMETSAT, Germany), Carolina Nogueira Loddo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Bruno Lucas(HE Space Operations, Germany), Salvatore Dinardo (HE Space Operations, Germany)

11:30-11:45

Performance of the altimetry missions over coastal areas through sea level measurements
Hélène Roinard (CLS, France), Matthias Raynal (CLS, France), Ghita Jettou (CLS, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Pierre Femenias (ESA, Italy)

11:45-12:00

Evaluating Sentinel-3 SRAL performance near the coast of southwest EnglandFrancesco Nencioli (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom), Graham Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom), Daniel Conley(University of Plymouth, United Kingdom), Wei Zhang (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom)

12:00-12:15

Quality Assessment of Altimetry Water Surface Height Measurements for inland waters
Lionel Zawadzki (CLS, France), Nicolas Taburet (CLS, France), Adrien Paris (CLS, France), Maxime Vayre (CLS, France), Rémi Jugier (CLS, France), Matthias Raynal(CLS, France), Denis Blumstein (LEGOS/CNES, France), Sophie Le Gac (CNES, France), Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS/CNES, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France)

12:15-12:30

Discussion
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DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

ORAL SESSIONS
09:00-10:30

The Geoid, Mean Sea Surfaces and Mean Dynamic Topography

09:00-09:15

Analysis of Geomed2 Combined Geoid Models

09:15-09:30

First marine gravity field result from Jason-2 Long Repeat Orbit mission

Lagoa Do Congro
Chairs: Ole B. Andersen - Yannice Faugere

Sean Bruinsma (CNES, France)
Ole Baltazar Andersen (DTU Space, Denmark), Walter Smith (NOAA, USA), David Sandwell (SIO, USA), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES, France),
Hugh Harper (SIO, USA), Alejandro Egido (NOAA, USA), Adili Abulaitijiang (DTU Space, Denmark)

09:30-09:45

What do we need to improve the next Mean Sea Surface?
Philippe Schaeffer (CLS, France), Isabelle Pujol (CLS, France), Elodie Charles (CLS, France), David Sandwell (SIO, USA), Antoine Delepoulle (CLS, FRANCE),
Yannice Faugere (CLS, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, FRANCE), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES, FRANCE)

09:45-10:00

The DTU17 OGMOC mean dynamic topography model – DTU17MDTPer Knudsen (Professor, Denmark), Ole Andersen (Dr, Danmark), Thomas Fecher (Professor, Denmark), Nikolai Maximenko (Univ Hawaii, USA)

10:00-10:15

New CNES-CLS Mean Dynamic Topography of the global ocean from altimetry, gravity and in-situ data

10:15-10:30

Discussion

Marie-Hélène Rio (CLS, France), Sandrine Mulet (CLS, FRANCE), Nicolas Picot (CNES, FRANCE), Gérald Dibarboure (CNES, FRANCE)ORAL SESSIONS
11:00-12:30

Instrument Processing: Propagation, Wind Speed and Sea State Bias

11:00-11:15

A first assessment of Sentinel-3B Microwave Radiometer: intercalibration and performance

Lagoa Das 7 Cidades
Chairs: Shannon Brown - Estelle Obligis

Marie-Laure Frery (CLS, France), Mathilde Siméon (CLS, france), Christophe Goldstein (CNES, france), Franck Borde (ESA, Netherlands), Pierre Féménias (ESA, Italy

11:15-11:30

A new synergistic radiometer/altimeter instrument processing algorithm
Tanvir Islam (NASA JPL, United States), Shannon Brown (NASA JPL, USA), Sidharth Misra (NASA JPL, USA)84

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11:30-11:45

DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Using radiosonde networks to assess short scale Wet Tropospheric Correction retrieval improvement: illustration with SARAL/AltiKa mission
Marie-Laure Frery (CLS, France), Bruno Picard (CLS, France), Christophe Goldstein (CNES, France)

11:45-12:00

Improvements on Jason-3 and Sentinel-3 Sea State Bias models using a synergistic approach with SAR Sentinel-1 ocean products
Nelson Pires (University of Porto, Portugal), M. Joana Fernandes (University of Porto, Portugal), Christine Gommenginger (National Oceanography Centre,
United Kingdom), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany)

12:00-12:15

Improving the precision of sea level data from satellite altimetry with high-frequency and regional Sea State Bias corrections
Marcello Passaro (DGFI-TUM, Germany), Zulfikar Adlan Nadzir (DGFI-TUM and Sumatera Institute of Technology (Itera), Germany-Indonesia),
Graham D Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK)

12:15-12:30

Discussion

ORAL SESSIONS
11:00-12:30

Tides, internal tides and high-frequency processes

11:00-11:12

The non-stationarity scattering rate: a new metric to study non-stationary internal tides

Lagoa Do Congro
Chairs: Loren Carrere - Florent Lyard, Richard Ray

Maarten Buijsman (University of Southern Mississippi, United States), Jay Shriver (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Brian Arbic (University of Michigan, USA),James Richman (Florida State University, USA)

11:13-11:25

Bathymetry improvement and tidal modeling at regional scales in the NEA and in Indonesia
Mathilde Cancet (NOVELTIS, France), Florence Toublanc (NOVELTIS, France), Florent Lyard (LEGOS/CNRS/OMP, France), Gérald Dibarboure (CNES, France),
Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Thierry Guinle (CNES, France)

11:26-11:38

Simultaneous Estimation of Tides and Topography in the Weddell Sea

11:39-11:51

Progress and challenges of the Dynamic Atmospheric Correction for altimetry over last 25 years

Edward Zaron (Portland State University, United States)
Loren Carrere (CLS, France), Damien Allain (CLS, LEGOS, FRANCE), Florent Lyard (LEGOS, FRANCE), Yannice Faugère (CLS, FRANCE), Romain Baghi (CLS,FRANCE), Jean-Michel Lachiver (CNES, FRANCE

11:52-12:04

Impact of waves on storm surges in the North Sea: model evaluation against altimeter
Lucia Pineau-Guillou (Ifremer/LOPS, France), Marie-Noëlle Bouin (Meteo-France/LOPS, France), Fabrice Ardhuin (CNRS/LOPS, France),
Florent Lyard (CNRS/LEGOS, France)85

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DAY 5 | FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Numerical modelling of non-tidal ocean dynamics for the reduction of spatio-temporal aliasing in global grids of sea-level anomalies from radar altimetry
Henryk Dobslaw (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Germany), Saskia Esselborn (GFZ Potsdam, Germany)

12:17-12:30

Discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 Poster session 2
15:00-15:30

Coffee break

ORAL SESSIONS

Teatro Auditorium

15:30-18:00

OSTST Closing Plenary Session

Chairs: Pascal Bonnefond - Craig Donlon - Eric Leuliette - Remko Scharroo - Josh Willis

15:30-17:10

Splinters meeting summaries

15:30-15:40

Application development for Operations summary

15:40-15:50

Instrument processing (Propagation, Wind Speed and Sea State Bias) summary

15:50-16:00

Instrument processing (Measurement and retracking) summary

16:00-16:10

Outreach, Education & Altimetric data services summary

16:10-16:20

Precision Orbit Determination summary

16:20-16:30

Quantifying Errors and Uncertainties in Altimetry Data summary

16:30-16:40

Regional and Global CAL/VAL for Assembling a Climate Data Record summary

16:40-16:50

The Geoid Mean Sea Surfaces and Mean Dynamic Topography summary

16:50-17:00

Tides, internal tides and high-frequency processes summary

17:00-17:10

11th Coastal Altimetry Workshop summary

Paolo Cipollini (Telespazio VEGA/ECSAT, United Kingdom)

17:10-17:20

Jason/GDR status and plans

Nicolas Picot (CNES, France)

17:20-18:00

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Thursday, September 27 2018, 18:00-20:00
Friday, September 28 2018, 14:00-15:00

Foyer, Salao Nobre & tent

Instrument Processing: Measurement and Retracking
IPM_001

Chairs: Francois Boy - Phil Callahan - Robert Cullen Jean-Damien Desjonqueres - Alejandro Egido - Cristina
Martin-Puig - Walter H.F. Smith

S6 P4 GPP: Fully Focused Delay-Doppler Processing applied on RAW and RMC data- Preliminary results
Eduard Makhoul (isardSAT), Mònica Roca (isardSAT), Roger Escola (isardSAT), Albert Garcia-Mondéjar (isardSAT), Gorka Moyano (isardSAT), Pablo Garcia(isardSAT), Marco Fornari (RHEA/ESTEC), Mieke Kuschnerus (ESTEC/ESA), Robert Cullen (ESTEC/ESA)

IPM_002

A trade-off analysis of Fully Focused SAR processing algorithms for high PRF altimeters
Michele Scagliola (Aresys), Pietro Guccione (Politecnico di Bari)

IPM_003

Can fully-focused or unfocused SAR delay doppler altimeter range data provide enhanced detection of coastal currents?
Hui Feng (University of New Hampshire), Alejandro Egido (NOAA – Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry), Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire), ClaireDufau (CLS Space Oceanography, Toulouse)

IPM_004

Impact of the Sentinel-3 SRAL PTR Width Drift on the L2 Marine Measurement
Salvatore Dinardo (HE SPACE), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT), Cristina Martin-Puig (EUMETSAT), Bruno Lucas (HE SPACE), Carolina Loddo (EUMETSAT)

IPM_005

Sea State Climate Change Initiative: first steps of the Algorithm Development Team
Marcello Passaro (DGFI-TUM), Graham D Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory), Yves Quilfen (Ifremer), Monica Roca (Isardsat), Pierre Thibaut (CLS), Fabrice
Ardhuin (Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer), Craig Donlon (European Space Agency ESTEC/EOP-SME), Paolo
Cipollini (Telespazio VEGA UK for ESA Climate Office ECSAT), Ellis Ash (Satellite Oceanographic Consultants)

IPM_006

Performance of ICE-1 vs ICE-3 in retrieving water levels over rivers with Jason-2

IPM_007

Validation of 400+ SARAL (ICE-1) water level series over rivers

Taina Conchy (UEA), Adrien Paris (CLS), Stéphane Calmant (IRD), Joécila Santos da Silva (UEA)
Joécila Santos da Silva (UEA), Daniel Medeiros Moreira (CPRM), Taina Conchy (UEA), Stéphane Calmant (IRD), Adrien Paris (CLS)

IPM_008

Evaluation of retracker bias due to waveform fitting method
Chris Ray (Saint Mary’s College of California/isardSAT), Monica Roca (isardSAT), Eduard Makhoul Varona (isardSAT)
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POSTER SESSION

Reprocessing of the Poseidon-1 French Altimeter
Pierre Thibaut (CLS), Hélène Roinard (Collecte Localisation Satellite), Nicolas Picot (CNES), Thierry Guinle (CNES)

IPM_010

Calibration Data for Retracking TOPEX Data
Philip Callahan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Damien Desjonqueres (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Shailen Desai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Matthieu Talpe(Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joshua Willis (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Outreach, Education and Altimetric Data Services
ODS_001

Chairs: Jessica Hausman - Vinca Rosmorduc Margaret Srinivasan

NOAA Scientific Data Stewardship for Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 and Jason-3 Products
Yongsheng Zhang (NCEI/NESDIS/NOAA), Xuepeng Zhao (NCEI/NESDIS/NOAA), huai-min Zhang (NCEI/NESDIS/NOAA)ODS_002

CLASH Capteurs de Lycéens pour la calval d’un satellite HydrométriqueMartine Bousquet (lycée charles de gaulle), Stephane Calmant (LEGOS–CNRS)ODS_003

Overview of New “Jason-Series Missions Applications Program”

ODS_004

Access to Sentinel-3 Marine Center data

Annette deCharon (ODYSEA LLC), Leslie Smith (Your Ocean Consulting LLC), Margaret Srinivasan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Bruno Lucas (HE Space/EUMETSAT), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT), Carolina Nogueira Loddo (EUMETSAT), Cristina Martin-Puig (EUMETSAT), Salvatore Dinardo(HE Space/EUMETSAT), Vincenzo Santacesaria (EUMETSAT), Melad Nassar (CS/EUMETSAT), Ilaria Parodi (SCISYS/EUMETSAT)ODS_005

CTOH altimetry products (L1 to L4) for ocean, ice and continental surfaces applications
Sara Fleury (LEGOS/CTOH), Florence Birol (LEGOS/CTOH), Fabien Blarel (LEGOS/CTOH), Denis Blumstein (LEGOS/CNES), Frédéric Frappart (LEGOS/CTOH), Kévin
Guerreiro (LEGOS/CTOH), Fabien Léger (LEGOS/CTOH), Rosemary Morrow (LEGOS/CTOH), Fernando Niño (LEGOS/CTOH)

ODS_006

Goodbye FTP, How to Access Data at PO.DAAC
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Precision Orbit Determination

POSTER SESSION
Chairs: Sean Bruinsma - Alexandre Couhert - Frank Lemoine

POD_001

On the long-term stability of altimetry satellites orbits

POD_002

Assessment of Orbit Quality through the SSH calculation Towards GDR-F orbit standards

Sergei Rudenko (DGFI-TUM), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM), Mathis Bloßfeld (DGFI-TUM), Saskia Esselborn (GFZ), Tilo Schöne (GFZ)
Annabelle Ollivier (CLS), Maeva Dalila (CLS), Alexandre Couhert (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)

Quantifying Errors and Uncertainties in Altimetry data
ERR_001

Chairs: Michael Ablain - Joel Dorandeu - Remko Scharroo

Inherent uncertainties within altimetric Global Mean Sea Level time series
Martin Scharffenberg (CEN - University of Hamburg), Detlef Stammer (CEN - University of Hamburg)

ERR_002

Estimating Trend and Acceleration Uncertainties of Global Mean Sea Level Evolution over the 25-Year Altimetry Era

ERR_003

Estimating altimetry Mean Seal Level trend uncertainties in coastal areas

Michael Ablain (CLS), Lionel Zawadzki (CLS), Rémi Jugier (CLS), Benoit Meyssignac (LEGOS), Anny Cazenave (LEGOS), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
Lionel Zawadzki (CLS), Rémi Jugier (CLS), Michaël Ablain (CLS), Florence Birol (LEGOS), Benoît Meyssignac (LEGOS), Anny Cazenave (LEGOS)

ERR_004

On the resolution of ocean altimetry maps
Maxime Ballarotta (CLS), Clement Ubelmann (CLS), Marie-Isabelle Pujol (CLS), Guillaume Taburet (CLS), Florent Fournier (CLS), Jean-Francois Legeais (CLS),
Yannice Faugère (CLS), Antoine Delepoulle (CLS), Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)

ERR_005

Altimetric wavenumber spectra: noise floors and resolution capability
Oscar Vergara (LEGOS/CNRS), Rosemary Morrow (LEGOS), Isabelle Pujol (CLS Space Oceanography), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES), Clement Ubelmann (CLS Space
Oceanography)

ERR_006

Error and Uncertainties in Wideband Signals of Opportunity (SoOp) Altimetry
Soon Chye Ho (Purdue University), Rashmi Shah (Jet Propulsion Lab), James L. Garrison (Purdue University), Zhijin Li (Jet Propulsion Lab)

ERR_007

How Sentinel-3 tandem phase contributes to Sentinel-3 error budget
Sylvie Labroue (CLS), Matthias Raynal (CLS), Pierre Féménias (ESA), François Boy (CNES), Franck Borde (ESA)892018 OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY SCIENCE TEAM MEETING
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POSTER SESSION

Validation of Icesat Measurements over the Amazon River
Daniel Medeiros Moreira (CPRM), Stéphane Calmant (LEGOS/IRD), Félix Perosanz (GET/CNES), Jean-François Cretaux (LEGOS/CNES), Adrien Paris (CLS),
Joécila Santos da Silva (UEA), Frédérique Seyler (Espace/IRD), Otto Rotunno Filho (UFRJ)

ERR_009

Uncertainty Characterization with FRM Standards for Satellite Altimetry Calibration: Lessons from the past and roadmap to the future
Stelios Mertikas (Technical University of Crete), Craig Donlon (European Space Agency/ESTEC), Pierre Féménias (European Space Agency/ESRIN), Demitris
Galanakis (Space Geomatica P.C.), Xenophon Fratzis (Technical University of Crete), Achilles Tripolitsiotis (Space Geomatica P.C.)

Application Development for Operations
APOP_001

On the assimilation of high frequency altimeters wave data in coastal wave model

APOP_002

On the update of swell dependency for SAR mode altimetry of Sentinel-3

APOP_003

A new 25 year mesoscale eddy trajectory atlas on AVISO

Chairs: Gerald Dibarboure - Gregg Jacobs Carolina Nogueira Loddo - Joseph Sienkiewicz

Lotfi Aouf (Division Marine et Océanographie Météo-France), Alice Dalphinet (Meteo-France), Sergei Badulin (Shirshov Institute of Oceanography)
Lotfi Aouf (Division Marine et Océanographie Météo-France), Alice Dalphinet (Meteo-France)
Antoine Delepoulle (cls), Yannice Faugere (cls), Dudley Chelton (OSU)

APOP_004

Ocean meso scale in the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service global ocean eddy-resolving physical analysis, forecasting and reanalysis
Yann Drillet (Mercator Océan), Jean-Michel Lellouche (Mercator Océan), Romain Bourdallé-Badie (Mercator Océan), Olivier Le Galloudec (Mercator Océan),Eric Greiner (CLS), Gilles Garric (Mercator Océan), Charly Regnier (Mercator Océan), Marie Drevillon (Mercator Océan), Clement Bricaud (Mercator Océan)

APOP_005

An interactive website for enhancing the Open-Loop Tracking Command (OLTC) of conventional altimeters for inland waters observation
Sophie Le Gac (CNES), François Boy (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES), Denis Blumstein (LEGOS/Univ. Toulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD), Sylvain Biancamaria (LEGOS/
Univ. Toulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD), Jean-François Crétaux (LEGOS/Univ. Toulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD), Stéphane Calmant (LEGOS/Univ. Toulouse/CNES/CNRS/IRD),
Manon Verdier (NOVELTIS), Franck Borde (ESA/ESTEC), Pierre Féménias (ESA/ESRIN)

APOP_006

4DVAR Assimilation of simulated wide-swath altimeter data into a high resolution ocean model
Hans Ngodock (NRL), Matthew Carrier (NRL), Scott Smith (NRL)90

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APOP_007

POSTER SESSION

Value added Sentinel-3A sea level products by the Marine Altimetry L2P-L3 Service available since June 2017
Sabine Philipps (CLS), Isabelino Denis (CNES), Marine Lievin (CLS), Marie-Isabelle Pujol (CLS), Michael Ablain (CLS), Carolina Nogueira Loddo (EUMETSAT)APOP_008

Satellite altimeter combined measurements and local persistent small-scale ocean-atmosphere signatures
Yves Quilfen (LOPS/IFREMER), Bertrand Chapron (LOPS/IFREMER)

APOP_009

Jason-2 and Jason-3 Near-Real Time Products Latency over the Past Year
Donald Richardson (Columbus Technology), David Donahue (NOAA)

Regional and Global CAL/VAL for Assembling a Climate Data Record
CVL_001

Chairs: Pascal Bonnefond - Shailen Desai - Bruce Haines Eric Leuliette - Nicolas Picot

The progress and outlook of the international cooperation program on satellite altimeter calibration between China-Greece
Xinghua Zhou (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration,Qingdao), Lei Yang (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic
Administration,Qingdao)

CVL_002

Calibration results of multiple satellite altimetry missions from Qianliyan permanent Cal/Val facilities
Lei Yang (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration,Qingdao), Xinghua Zhou (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic
Administration,Qingdao)

CVL_003

A new inverted echo sounder for satellite altimetry calibration and validation
Benoit Legresy (Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia), Christopher Watson (School of Technology,
Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)

CVL_004

Assessment of optimal coastal altimetric corrections in a flat coastal environment around the Aix island sea-level observatory, France
Laurent Testut (LIENSs/LEGOS), Maryia Velikova (LIENSs), Valérie Ballu (LIENSs), Pascal Bonnefond (Obserbatoire de Paris / SYRTE), Olivier Laurain (OCA/
Géoazur), Xavier Bertin (LIENSs)

CVL_005

In situ calibration of satellite altimetric missions at the German Bight and Baltic Sea coasts
Luciana Fenoglio (University of Bonn), Bernd Uebbing (University of Bonn), Salvatore Dinardo (Eumetsat), Christopher Buchhaupt (Darmstadt Technical
University), Remko Scharroo (Eumetsat), Jürgen Kusche (University of Bonn), Joanna Staneva (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht), Matthias Becker (Darmstadt
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POSTER SESSION

The performance of satellite altimetry currents in a wide continental shelf
Loreley Lago (INIDEP), Martin Saraceno (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA) CONICET/UBA), Patricia Martos (INIDEP), Raul Guerrero(INIDEP), Alberto Piola (Departamento de Oceanografía, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (SHN)), Christine Provost (Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat:
Experimentation et Approches Numériques), Guillermina Paniagua (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA) CONICET/UBA), Ramiro Ferrari(Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA) CONICET/UBA), Camila Artana (Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Experimentation etApproches Numériques)

CVL_007

Cal/Val activities of satellite altimetry for Hydrology in Brazil
Daniel Moreira (CPRM- Geological Survey of Brazil), Stéphane Calmant (IRD/LEGOS), Felix Perosanz (CNES/GRGS), Jean-François Cretaux (CNES/LEGOS),
Joecila Silva (UEA), Adrien Paris (CLS), Otto Rotunno Filho (COPPE/UFRJ), Pierre-André Garambois (INSA), Bernardo Oliveira (CPRM- Geological Survey ofBrazil), Fábio Costa (CPRM- Geological Survey of Brazil)

CVL_008

Evolution of the performances of radar altimetry missions from ERS-2 to Sentinel-3A over : the example of the Inner Niger Delta
Cassandra Normandin (UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC), Frédéric Frappart (GET/OMP/LEGOS), Adama Telly Diepkilé (DER Math-Informatique), Vincent Marieu (EPOC,
UMR 5805), Eric Mougin (GET), Fabien Blarel (LEGOS), Bertrand Lubac (EPOC, UMR 5805), Nadine Braquet (IRSTEA/IRD), Abdramane Ba (LOSSA)

CVL_009

Relative range bias drifts revealed by a multi-mission crossover analysis: from TOPEX to Sentinel-3
Denise Dettmering (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM)), Christian Schwatke (Deutsches
Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut der Technischen Universität München (DGFI-TUM))

CVL_010

Monitoring Jason-3 sea surface height measurement stability for global and regional sea level estimates
Brian Beckley (SGT Inc./NASA GSFC), Xu Yang (SGT Inc.), Gary Mitchum (University of South Florida), Richard Ray (NASA GSFC), Frank Lemoine (NASA GSFC),
Nikita Zelensky (SGT Inc.), Bryant Loomis (NASA GSFC)

CVL_011

A new CAL/VAL proposition based on the sea level budget in the center of mass
Alejandro Blazquez (LEGOS-CNES), Benoit Meyssignac (LEGOS/CNES), Jean Michel Lemoine (CNES), Alexandre Couhert (CNES), Flavien Mercier (CNES)

CVL_012

Jason-3 and Jason-2 mission performance

CVL_010

Results from Inter-Satellite and Independent Calibration and Validation for Jason-3

Hélène Roinard (CLS), Sabine PHILIPPS (CLS), Nicolas PICOT (CNES)
Jean-Damien Desjonqueres (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Matthieu Talpe (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Shailen Desai (NASA Jet Propulsion
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CVL_014

POSTER SESSION

Calibration and Validation of Jason-2 over the First Full Cycle of the Long-Repeat Orbit
Matthieu Talpe (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Damien Desjonqueres (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Shailen Desai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Bruce Haines(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

CVL_015

Calibration and Validation of Reprocessed TOPEX Geophysical Data Records
Shailen Desai (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Philip Callahan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Damien Desjonqueres (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Bruce
Haines (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Matthieu Talpe (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Joshua Willis (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Glenn Shirtliffe (Jet Propulsion
Laboratory), Nicolas Picot (Centre Nationale des Etudes Spatiales), Thierry Guinle (Centre Nationale des Etudes Spatiales), Helene Roinard (Collecte
Localisation Satellites), Michael Ablain (Collecte Localisation Satellites)

CVL_016

Global Ocean Data Quality Assessment of SARAL/AltiKa

CVL_017

Sentinel-3A mission : a high quality data set for altimetry over ocean

GHITA JETTOU (CLS)
Matthias Raynal (CLS), Sylvie Labroue (CLS), Pierre Féménias (ESA/ESRIN), Scharoo Remko (EUMETSAT)

CVL_018

A new altimetry data validation approach based on Data Mining and Machine learning techniques
Romain Bergougnoux (NOVELTIS), Sophie Le Gac (CNES), Charlotte Garcia (CNES), Eric Jeansou (NOVELTIS), Mathilde Cancet (NOVELTIS), Florence Toublanc(NOVELTIS), Sylvain Brunato (NOVELTIS)The Geoid, Mean Sea Surfaces and Mean Dynamic Topography
GEO_001

Chairs: Ole B. Andersen - Yannice Faugere

The DTU18 MSS Mean Sea Surface – Technical description
Ole Baltazar Andersen (Dr), Per Knudsen (DTU Space-Denmark), Lars Stenseng (DTU Space)

GEO_002

Evaluation of two years of Sentinel-3A and first Sentinel-3B and impact of and on Mean Sea Surfaces and ocean tide corrections

GEO_003

Improvements and limitations of recent mean sea surface models: importance for Sentinel-3 and SWOT

Ole Baltazar Andersen (Dr), Heidi Randall (Dr)Marie Isabelle Pujol (CLS), Philippe Schaeffer (CLS), Yannice Faugère (CLS), François-Xavier Davanne (CLS), Gerald Dibarboure (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)

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POSTER SESSION
Chairs: Shannon Brown - Estelle Obligis

IPC_001

Progress in the Wet Tropospheric Correction for Altimetry: Jason-3 to Sentinel-6 and Beyond

IPC_002

A Wet Tropospheric Correction for Global Mean Sea Level application computed from CM SAF FCDR Microwave Imager Radiances

Shannon Brown (JPL), Tanvir Islam (JPL)
Bruno Picard (CLS), Mickaël Ablain (CLS), Benoît Meyssignac (LEGOS), Rémy Roca (LEGOS)

IPC_003

Improving the continuity of the Jason SSB time-series
Ngan Tran (CLS), Gérald Dibarboure (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)

IPC_004

Modelling the height dependence of the wet path delay using ERA5 model-level fields
Telmo Vieira (University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences), M. Joana Fernandes (University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences), Clara Lázaro (University of Porto, Facultyof Sciences)

IPC_005

Characteristics of atmospheric attenuation events for Ka-band altimetry
Bruno Picard (CLS), Marie-Laure Frery (CLS), Nicolas Picot (CNES), Gérald Dibarboure (CNES), Nathalie Steunou (CNES)

Tides, internal tides and high-frequency processes
TID_001

Chairs: Loren Carrere - Florent Lyard - Richard Ray

Unstructured Ocean Loading Atlas
Damien Allain (OMP/LEGOS), Pascal Gégout (GET - CNRS), Jean-Paul Boy (EOST-IPGS), Florent Lyard (LEGOS - CNRS)

TID_002

A validation of FES2014 tidal currents using High Frequency Radars data on the US East Coast
Loren Carrere (CLS), Florianne Sailly (CLS), Florent Lyard (LEGOS)

TID_003

Turning on the tides in the global CMEMS ocean model: sensitivity to numerical choices
Romain Bourdalle-Badie (mercator ocean), Jerome Chanut (mercator ocean), Loren Carrere (CLS), Florent Lyard (Legos), Benoit Tranchant (CLS), Yann Drillet(mercator ocean)

TID_004

An updated EOT model: first impressions from the North Sea
Gaia Piccioni (DGFI-TUM), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM), Christian Schwatke (DGFI-TUM), Wolfgang Bosch (DGFI-TUM), Florian Seitz (DGFI-TUM)

TID_005

A new set of in-situ tidal constants based on the GESLA dataset
Gaia Piccioni (DGFI-TUM), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM), Wolfgang Bosch (DGFI-TUM), Florian Seitz (DGFI-TUMM)
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POSTER SESSION

Tidal analysis of Cryosat-2 data over ice-free regions of the Arctic Ocean
Richard Ray (NASA/GSFC)

TID_007

The mode-2 M2 internal tide
Zhongxiang Zhao (University of Washington)

Others (poster only)
OTH_001

Chairs: Pascal Bonnefond - Craig Donlon - Eric Leuliette Remko Scharroo - Josh Willis

A SAR altimetry End-to-End simulation and processing chain
Michele Scagliola (Aresys), Luca Maestri (Aresys), Lisa Recchia (Aresys), Davide Giudici (Aresys)

OTH_002

Sentinel-6 altimeter Level-2 Ground Prototype Processor
Thomas Moreau (CLS), Sébastien Figerou (CLS), Thomas Forgue (CLS), Jérémie Aublanc (CLS), Marco Fornari (ESA), Mieke Kuschnerus (ESA), Robert Cullen(ESA), François Boy (CNES), Gilles Tavernier (CNES), Gerard Zaouche (CNES)

OTH_003

Linking Sea Surface Height Variations with Hydrographic Variability around the Greenland Ice Sheet to Improve Understanding of Sea Level RiseOTH_004

Performance of Sentinel-3A for the Observation of Water Level Variations of Rivers and Lakes

Ian Fenty (JPL), Steve Nerem (Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research)
Eva Boergens (DGFI-TUM), Christian Schwatke (DGFI-TUM), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM)

OTH_005

Analysis of TC’s wake with multisensors observations and analytical model
Clément Combot (IFREMER), Yves Quilfen (IFREMER), Bertrand Chapron (IFREMER), Alexis Mouche (IFREMER)

OTH_006

Analyzing Oceanic Turbulence Using Structure Functions and Advanced Turbulence Theories via Satellite Altimetry
Boris Galperin (University of South Florida)

OTH_007

On the zonal wavenumber-frequency spectra of SSH
Uriel Zajaczkovski (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), J. Thomas Farrar (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Steven R. Jayne (Woods Hole
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POSTER SESSION

Satellite altimetry and current-meter velocities in the Malvinas Current: Volume transport and modes of variations at 44.7°S.
Ramiro Ferrari (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera.), Martin Saraceno (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera.), Guillermina F.
Paniagua (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera.), Christine Provost (LOCEAN)

OTH_009

Optimal SSH Mapping for Eddies and Mesoscale Currents

OTH_010

Coastally trapped intra-seasonal waves along African coasts: an attempt to estimate their thermal impacts

Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research), Jonathan Lilly (NorthWest Research Associates)
Alban Lazar (LOCEAN-IPSL-UPMC), Sane Badara (LPAOSF-ESP-UCAD), Malick Wade (LSAO, UGB), Léa Poli (LOCEAN-IPSL-UPMC)

OTH_011

Estimation of vertical velocities associated with large scale dynamics in the Atlantic ocean
Alban Lazar (LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université), Magnim Gnamah (LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université), Siny Ndoye (LPAOSF-ESP-UCAD)

OTH_012Investigating the efficiency of satellite altimetry to reproduce water levels variability in various coastal regions
Edward Salameh (LEGOS), Antoine Soloy (jet propulsion laboratory), Frédéric Frappart (Observatoire Midi Pyrénées), Imen Turki (MorphodynamiqueContinentale et Côtière (M2C)), Benoit Laignel (Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C)

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