Coastal Altimetry

- Preface
Chapter 1: Altimetry Missions: past, present and future
Chapter 2: From Research to Operations: The USDA Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor
Chapter 3: User requirements in the coastal ocean for satellite altimetry
Chapter 4: Re-tracking altimeter waveforms near the coasts: A review of retracking methods and some applications to coastal waveforms
Chapter 5: Range and geophysical corrections in coastal regions - and implications for mean sea surface determination
Chapter 6: Tropospheric corrections for coastal altimetry
Chapter 7: Surge Models as Providers of Improved "Inverse Barometer Corrections" for Coastal Altimetry Users
Chapter 8: Tide Predictions in Shelf and Coastal Waters: Status and Prospects
Chapter 9: Post-processing altimeter data toward coastal applications and integration into coastal models
Chapter 10: Coastal Challenges for Altimeter Data Dissemination and Services
Chapter 11: In situ Absolute Calibration and Validation - A link from coastal to open-ocean altimetry
Chapter 12: Introduction and assessment of improved coastal altimetry strategies: case-study over the North Western Mediterranean Sea
Chapter 13: Satellite Altimetry Applications in the Caspian Sea
Chapter 14: Satellite Altimetry Applications in the Black Sea
Chapter 15: Satellite Altimetry Applications in the Barents and White seas
Chapter 16: Satellite Altimetry Applications off the Coasts of North America
Chapter 17: Evaluation of Retracking Algorithms over China and Adjacent Coastal Seas
Chapter 18: Satellite altimetry for geodetic, oceanographic and climate studies in the Australian region
Chapter 19: Lakes studies from satellite altimetry
Chapter 20: The Future of Coastal Altimetry
- Index