Rf. Scott et al., A COMPARISON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ICE AND OCEAN TRACKING MODES OF THE ERS-1 RADAR ALTIMETER OVER NONOCEAN SURFACES, Geophysical research letters, 21(7), 1994, pp. 553-556
The European Space Agency's ERS-1 radar altimeter is the first to incl
ude separate operating modes to optimise performance over both ocean a
nd non-ocean surfaces. As part of the ERS-1 commissioning activities,
we have carried out a study of the tracking performance of this instru
ment over non-ocean surfaces. Statistics for land ice, sea ice, arid l
ands, and inland water are presented. Performance in both operating mo
des is shown to be better than that of previous missions.