ScholarLens Back to search
2014•Unpublished venueRequires access

System techniques and capabilities of the HY-2A altimeter

Ke Xu, Heguang Liu, Peng Liu, Xiufen Yu

Open publisher page 4 citations

Abstract

HY-2A, the China's first satellite for oceanic dynamic environment measurement, was launched on August 16th, 2011. As one of main payloads of HY-2A satellite, HY-2A radar altimeter is a dual-frequency (Ku and C band) altimeter with a conventional pulse-limited method. The altimeter can measure sea surface height, significant wave height, and sea surface wind speed. The accuracy of the altimeter is about 2cm (@4m SWH) or 4cm (@20m SWH). The system techniques and capabilities of the HY-2A altimeter are discussed in this paper.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

HY-2A, the China's first satellite for oceanic dynamic environment measurement, was launched on August 16th, 2011. As one of main payloads of HY-2A satellite, HY-2A radar altimeter is a dual-frequency (Ku and C band) altimeter with a conventional pulse-limited method. The altimeter can measure sea surface height, significant wave height, and sea surface wind speed. The accuracy of the altimeter is about 2cm (@4m SWH) or 4cm (@20m SWH). The system techniques and capabilities of the HY-2A altimeter are discussed in this paper.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 4 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

HY-2A, the China's first satellite for oceanic dynamic environment measurement, was launched on August 16th, 2011. As one of main payloads of HY-2A satellite, HY-2A radar altimeter is a dual-frequency (Ku and C band) altimeter with a conventional pulse-limited method. The altimeter can measure sea surface height, significant wave height, and sea surface wind speed. The accuracy of the altimeter is about 2cm (@4m SWH) or 4cm (@20m SWH). The system techniques and capabilities of the HY-2A altimeter are discussed in this paper.

Key concepts: Altimeter, Radar altimeter, Remote sensing, Significant wave height, Satellite, Ku band, Wind wave, Space-based radar

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
System techniques and capabilities of the HY-2A altimeter — Research Paper | ScholarLens