Geoid and Sea Surface Topography Derived from ERS-1 Altimeter Data by the Adjoint Method |
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| Authors: | Blinken Robert Koch Karl-Rudolf |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Theoretical Geodesy, University of Bonn, Germany;(2) Institute of Theoretical Geodesy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A method for splitting sea surface height measurements from satellite altimetry into geoid undulations and sea surface topography is presented. The method is based on a combination of the information from altimeter data and a dynamic sea surface height model. The model consists of geoid undulations and a quasi-geostrophic model for expressing the sea surface topography. The goal is the estimation of those values of the parameters of the sea surface height model that provide a least-squares fit of the model to the data. The solution is accomplished by the adjoint method which makes use of the adjoint model for computing the gradient of the cost function of the least-squares adjustment and an optimization algorithm for obtaining improved parameters. The estimation is applied to the North Atlantic. ERS-1 altimeter data of the year 1993 are used. The resulting geoid agrees well with the geoid of the EGM96 gravity model. |
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| Keywords: | Satellite altimetry sea surface heights geoid undulations sea surface topography quasi-geostrophic model adjoint method |
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