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Technical University of Munich
ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM
ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM is a subwaveform retracker for open ocean and coastal zone SAR altimetry data. It adopts a simplified version of the Brown-Hayne functional form (which is the functional form for pulse-limited altimetry) as an empirical retracker to track the leading edge of the waveform. A specific sea state bias correction is also computed and shall be used when correcting the estimated range to compute the sea surface height.
EarthConsole® P-PRO ALES+ SAR RETRACKER – TUM Software Prototype User Manual
The P-PRO Service ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM (Adaptive Leading Edge Subwaveform retracker, version +, for SAR), is a web platform that provides the capability to process on line and on demand either official CryoSat-2 L1b products or Sentinel-3 WAT L1b products to produce ALES+ SAR L2 NetCDF products.
ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM is a subwaveform retracker for open ocean and coastal zone SAR altimetry data. It adopts a simplified version of the Brown-Hayne functional form (which is the functional form for pulse-limited altimetry) as an empirical retracker to track the leading edge of the waveform. A specific sea state bias correction is also computed and shall be used when correcting the estimated range to compute the sea surface height.
ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM is an algorithm under research & development, which is subject to updates.
Different phases of the ALES+ SAR Retracker – TUM development have been funded by the following ESA Projects:
* Sea Level Climate Change Initiative (ESA Contract No. 4000126561/19/I-NB)
* Baltic+ Sea Level (ESA Contract No. 4000126590/19/I/BG)
* HYDROCOASTAL (ESA Contract No. 4000129872/20/I-DT)
Feedbacks concerning the algorithm can be provided to its author, Marcello Passaro (marcello.passaro@tum.de).
