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TI The SARAL/AltiKa mission: A step forward to the future of altimetry
BT 
AF Verron, Jacques
   Bonnefond, Pascal
   Andersen, Ole
   ARDHUIN, Fabrice
   Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel
   Bhowmick, Suchandra
   Blumstein, Denis
   Boy, François
   Brodeau, Laurent
   Crétaux, Jean-François
   Dabat, Mei Ling
   Dibarboure, Gérald
   Fleury, Sara
   Garnier, Florent
   Gourdeau, Lionel
   Marks, Karen
   Queruel, Nadège
   Sandwell, David
   Smith, Walter H.F.
   Zaron, Ed
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C1 Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, CNRS, CS 40700, 38 058 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
   Observatoire de Paris, SYRTE, 77 avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
   DTU SPACE, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
   LOPS, IFREMER, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
   LEGOS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
   ISRO, Oceanic Sciences Division, Space Applications Centre, Ambawadi Vistar P.O., Ahmedabad, 380015, India
   CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
   OCEAN NEXT, 90 chemin du Moulin, 38660 La Terrasse, France
   Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, NOAA, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, Maryland, USA
   Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, 8622 Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA 92037, California, USA
   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751, Oregon, USA
C2 CNRS, FRANCE
   OBSERV PARIS, FRANCE
   UNIV TECH DENMARK, DENMARK
   CNRS, FRANCE
   OBSERV MIDI PYRENEES, FRANCE
   ISRO, INDIA
   CNES, FRANCE
   OCEAN NEXT, FRANCE
   NOAA, USA
   UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, USA
   UNIV PORTLAND STATE, USA
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IF 2.611
TC 26
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00607/71878/70573.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Satellite;Altimetry;Ka-band
AB The CNES/ISRO altimetric satellite SARAL/AltiKa was launched in February 2013 and since then has provided useful data for various scientific and operational applications in oceanography, hydrology, cryospheric sciences and geodesy. However, a Reaction Wheel problem forced relaxation of the repeatability constraint on the satellite’s orbit, which has been drifting slowly since July 2016. Beyond the expected contributions of this mission and its very good integration into the objectives of the constellation of altimetric satellites, it has become more and more apparent that specific contributions and innovations related to the main specification of SARAL/AltiKa, that is to say the use of the Ka-band, have clearly emerged. The advantages of the Ka-band are in short the reduction of ionosphere effects, the smaller footprint, the better horizontal resolution and the higher vertical resolution. A drawback of the Ka-band is the attenuation due to water/water vapor in case of rain and the resulting loss of data. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the specific advances of the Ka-band in different scientific and technical fields and to show why they are promising for the future and open the way to several missions or mission projects. Although unplanned initially, the fine coverage of the Drifting Phase brings some interesting openings especially for geodesy and hydrology applications. 
PY 2021
PD JUN
SO Advances In Space Research
SN 0273-1177
PU Elsevier BV
VL 68
IS 2
UT 000659800000007
BP 808
EP 828
DI 10.1016/j.asr.2020.01.030
ID 71878
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