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ENVISAT Orbit & RA2 CCVT in Newcastle University. Philip Moore Jiasong Wang School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU philip.moore@ncl.ac.uk jiasong.wang@ncl.ac.uk. ENVISAT Precise Orbit Determination.
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ENVISAT Orbit & RA2 CCVT in Newcastle University Philip Moore Jiasong Wang School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU philip.moore@ncl.ac.uk jiasong.wang@ncl.ac.uk
RMS of SLR (cm) and DORIS RMS (0.1mm/s) residuals in NCL POD
CNES RMS radial orbit difference (cm) for ENVISAT cycles 10 and 11
RMS cross-track orbit difference (cm) for ENVISAT cycles 10 and 11
Radial orbit difference between reduced dynamic and dynamic POD: RMS values over 4º long. by 2º lat. bins
Radial orbit difference between DEOS and NCL (cyc10) RMS values 4º long. by 2º lat. bins
Radial orbit difference between DEOS and NCL (cyc11): RMS values over 4º long. by 2º lat. bins
RMS of crossover residuals cycles 10-11: CNES v NCL SLR+DORIS orbit
Sea State bias and altimeter time tag estimation from single crossovers orbit1 = CNES; orbit 2 = NCL (Reduced dynamic); • Max time diff=5day, rejection criterion 20cm Note: SSB given as % of SWH Conclusion: Results independent of orbit
Sea State bias and altimeter time tag estimation from single crossover Max time diff = 5day, NCL orbit applied, for Cyc 10 +11 Conclusion: Rejection level unimportant
ENVISAT - ERS2 SSH: Ascending passes Corrections applied: sea state bias and USO drift (ERS2) only
ENVISAT - ERS2 SSH: Descending passes Corrections applied: sea state bias and USO drift (ERS2) only
ENVISAT - ERS2 SSH: All passes All Corrections applied:
Note: All corrections applied: descending pass mean = 118.1cm ; ascending pass mean = 115.0cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) solid Earth tide corrections: Note mean = -1.1cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 11) and ERS2 (cyc 79) solid Earth tide corrections: Note mean = -0.8cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) total tidal corrections. Note mean = 1.4cm. Noise from total geocentric ocean tides, see next slide
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) inverse barometer corrections: Note mean = -3.0cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 11) and ERS2 (cyc 79) inverse barometer corrections: Note mean = -2.8cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) iono+wet+dry+inverse bar. corrections: Note mean = -3.1cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) wet trop. Correction: Note mean = -0.4cm
Differences between ENVISAT (cyc 10) and ERS2 (cyc 78) iono (GIM) corrections: Note mean = 0.14cm
Conclusions • Orbits • agree to near 2cm RMS radially between analysis centres • Reduced dynamic is better than dynamic OD • Sea-state bias • Zero values (for very low wave heights??) • Assuming wave heights correct first look SSB 4.6% SWH • Non-parametric approximation not yet applied
Conclusions • Altimetry correction (Cyc10, 11) • inverse barometer correction has a bias of -3.0cm with ERS2 • tide effect is different from ERS2 with mean=-1.4cm • Crossover residuals • RMS about 7cm; shows benefit of DORIS tracking and to a lesser extent dual frequency altimeter. Great results c.f. 6.0cm for TOPEX/Poseidon
Conclusions • Sea surface height (SSH) difference with ERS2 (Cyc10, 11) • With only SSB correction applied, bias=112cm • With all corrections for both satellite , bias=117cm • For Ascending pass and descending pass , 3cm difference for this relative bias calculation. Within error bars? • SSH compared with mean sea surface (CLS01) (Cyc10) • Bias=123.7cm (ENVISAT Cyc 10) • Bias=5.4cm (ERS2 Cyc 078) • relative bias = 118.3cmbetween two satellites