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Radar Altimeters

Radar Altimeter is a satellite-based active remote sensing instrument that measures the height of the Earth's surface above a reference datum by precisely determining the time delay between the transmission and reception of microwave pulses reflected from the surface.

640

Publications

32.7K

Citations

1.8K

Authors

526

Institutions

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2017–2026

162

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Radar Altimeter

Parents

Publications

640

The average impulse response of a rough surface and its applications

Gerald R. Brown · IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation · 1977 · 741 citations

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TOPEX/POSEIDON mission overview

Lee‐Lueng Fu, E. J. Christensen, Charles A. Yamarone et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 734 citations

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The delay/Doppler radar altimeter

R. K. Raney · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · 1998 · 480 citations

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Arctic sea ice thickness loss determined using subsurface, aircraft, and satellite observations

R. W. Lindsay, Axel Schweiger · ˜The œcryosphere · 2015 · 437 citations · Full text

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The contribution of TOPEX/POSEIDON to the global monitoring of climatically sensitive lakes

C. M. Birkett · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1995 · 400 citations

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Authors

1.8K

  1. FR
    Frédérique Rémy

    Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, France

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

    20

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  2. EJ
    Edward J. Walsh

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    16 publications · 625 citations

    15

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  3. BL
    B. Legrésy

    Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, France

    14 publications · 951 citations

    14

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  4. CK
    C. K. Shum

    The Ohio State University, United States

    13 publications · 995 citations

    13

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  5. MS
    Meric Srokosz

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 854 citations

    13

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1–5 of 1.8K

Institutions

526

  1. Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales

    Toulouse, France

    32 h-index

    116 publications

    6.9K citations

  2. Centre National d'Études Spatiales

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    100 publications

    7.7K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    124 publications

    7.7K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    112 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    25 h-index

    114 publications

    6.7K citations

  6. Collecte Localisation Satellites (France)

    Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France

    24 h-index

    111 publications

    9.4K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    24 h-index

    92 publications

    6.7K citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    22 h-index

    65 publications

    3.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 63 publications · 5.5K citations

    36

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  2. 28

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  3. Marine Geodesy

    35 publications · 1.7K citations

    24

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  4. Remote Sensing of Environment

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

    23

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  5. Remote Sensing

    42 publications · 1.4K citations

    22

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