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ALTIMETRIE RADAR [1 record]

Record 1 2010-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The set of techniques involved in using a radar for measuring altitudes or heights.

CONT

At present only coarse resolution (10 km) and poor accuracy (5 m) elevation models of ice sheets are available from radar altimetry, and often these models are extremely poor at the ice sheet margins ...

OBS

radar altimetry: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
CONT

Ensemble des techniques ayant pour objet la mesure des altitudes ou des hauteurs au moyen du radar.

CONT

En océanographie, les principales applications de l'altimétrie radar concernent les courants, le niveau moyen de la mer, le phénomène El Niño, la topographie du niveau de la mer et les marées.

OBS

altimétrie radar : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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