Accuracy of altimeter data in inner and coastal seas

Cavaleri, Luigi; Bertotti, Luciana; Pezzutto, Paolo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-227-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-227-2019

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Coastal modelling and uncertainties based on CMEMS products

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-227-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

Research article

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05 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 05 Mar 2019

Accuracy of altimeter data in inner and coastal seas

Luigi Cavaleri, Luciana Bertotti, and Paolo Pezzutto

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SC1: 'Comments on Discussion Paper OS-2018-81 Accuracy of altimeter data in inner and coastal seas', Robert Jensen, 30 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by Dr R.Jensen', Luigi Cavaleri, 20 Dec 2018
RC1: 'Coments and suggestions', Jesus Portilla, 12 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'reply to Jesus Portilla', Luigi Cavaleri, 20 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Comments on Accuracy of altimeter data in inner and coastal seas by L. Cavalieri et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Reply to comments by Referee #2', Luigi Cavaleri, 20 Dec 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Jan 2019) by Joanna Staneva

RR by Jesus Portilla (14 Jan 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (22 Jan 2019)

ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2019) by Joanna Staneva

Short summary

We carry out an inter-comparison of four different altimeters: Cryosat, Jason-2, Jason-3, and Sentinel-3. This is undertaken by checking the altimeter data against wind and wave model results for a given area, in this case the Mediterranean Sea, over 1 year. The four data sets are consistent for wind speed, but they show substantial differences for wave heights. The verification of a Sentinel-3 pass close to the coast in the northern Adriatic Sea shows irregular, spiky, large wave height values.