OS43A:
Coastal Altimetry: Retrieval, Applications, and Assimilation in Models I


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Session ID#: 57465

Session Description:
Altimetry is a major component of the coastal observing system to assess the impacts of climate change, quantify the variability in currents and sea state and help improve forecasting skill of numerical models, all contributing to the WCRP Grand Challenge on Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts.

Recent technological advances in Radar Altimetry (SAR, SARin, Ka-band) and novel retrieval processing promise more and better data closer to the coast, filling an important gap. We invite contributions highlighting how satellite altimetry data are processed in the coastal zone (new technologies, novel algorithms, et cetera) and used (also in combination/synergy with in situ and/or modelling tools) to contribute to the research and monitoring of coastal ocean and enclosed seas. Dynamics in estuaries, river plumes, permafrost-affected coastal plains, and studies highlighting the integration of in situ/altimetry/modelling in the coastal zone using processing platforms providing access to data, tools and processors are also welcome.

Primary Convener:  Jérôme Benveniste, COSPAR, Scientific Commission A, Paris, France
Conveners:  Cheinway Hwang, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Stefano Vignudelli, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Pisa, Italy and Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jérôme Benveniste, COSPAR, Scientific Commission A, Paris, France
Chairs:  Jérôme Benveniste, COSPAR, Scientific Commission A, Paris, France and Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Co-Organized with:
Ocean Sciences, and Geodesy

Cross-Listed:
  • G - Geodesy

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • G - Geodesy
Index Terms:

1222 Ocean monitoring with geodetic techniques [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Impact of Satellite Altimeter Observations on Ocean Circulation Estimates from Regional Ocean Models (Invited) (393422)
Andrew M Moore1, John Wilkin2, Julia Levin2, Hernan Arango2, Christopher A Edwards1 and Brian Powell3, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (3)Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
The Preliminary Gravity Field Derived From HY-2A Altimetry over the Taiwan Strait (427495)
Qiankun Liu1,2, Ke Xu3 and Maofei Jiang1, (1)Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)UCAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Shenzhen, China
An Evaluation of Fully Focused SAR Altimetry for Coastal Applications (453097)
Alejandro Egido, NOAA / GST Inc., STAR/SOCD/Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, MD, United States, Douglas C Vandemark, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Hui Feng, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Application of fully-focused SAR altimetry to the Wadden Sea (430224)
Marcel Kleinherenbrink1, Marc Naeije2, Cornelis Slobbe1 and Peter Hoogeboom1, (1)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (2)Delft University of Technology, Space Engineering, Delft, Netherlands
Retrieving altimeter data in the nearshore region by waveform decontaminating and retracking techniques: a case study in the Black Sea (392628)
Haihong Wang, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Yonghai Chu, Wuhan university, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan, China and Xiancai Zou, Wuhan University, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan, China
Integrating recent SAR, SARin and Ka band altimetry for improved mean sea surface determination in the coastal zone. (431285)
Ole Baltazar Andersen, Technical University of Denmark, Geodesy and Earth Observation, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Improved Retrieval Methods for Sentinel-3 SAR Altimetry over Coastal and Open Ocean and recommendations for implementation: ESA SCOOP Project Results (348243)
David Cotton, SatOC Satellite Oceanographic Consultants Limited, Bramhall, United Kingdom, Jérôme Benveniste, COSPAR, Scientific Commission A, Paris, France, Thomas Moreau, CLS, Ramonville St Agne, France, Eduard Varona, isardSAT, Guildford, United Kingdom, Christine Gommenginger, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, Mathilde Cancet, Noveltis, Labège, France, Luciana Fenoglio-Marc, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany, Marc Naeije, Delft University of Technology, Space Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, Joana Fernandes, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Porto, Porto, Portugal, Andrew GP Shaw, SKYMAT Ltd., Southampton, United Kingdom, Marco Restano, SERCO/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy and Americo Ambrozio, DEIMOS/ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

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