Modeling and Adjusting Global Ocean Tides Using SEASAT Altimeter Data.
Abstract
In the recent past, SEASAT altimeter data together with global geoidal parameters and sets of state vectors parameters have been adjusted at AFGL through the short-arc algorithm using NSWC precise ephemeris. The excellent quality of the data system, including the altimeter measurements, the ephemeris, the input geoidal parameters, etc., has been confirmed by the finding that the empirical variance for geoid undulations is significantly lower than the theoretical variance. The altimeter residuals from this adjustment have served in regional modeling of short-wavelength geoidal features, as well as in studying geophysical phenomena such as ocean bottom topography. Since the geoid has been assumed to coincide with the ocean surface sensored by the altimeter, the sea-surface effects have been ignored in this adjustment. Due to increasing geophysical interest in a realistic representation of the open ocean tide, the latest development of the short-arc satellite altimetry model allows for the inclusion of the most important tidal constituents. In particular, an adjustment algorithm has been designed in which four long-period constituents, three diurnal constituents and four semidiurnal constituents may be subject to adjustment within the overall adjustment of SEASAT altimetric observations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA115841
Entities
People
- Georges Blaha