In situ dedicated sites and campaigns

The principal objective is to use observations from tide gauges and other sensors directly on (or near) satellite ground tracks to calibrate the sea-surface height and ancillary measurements made by the satellite as it passes (nearly) overhead.

Several dedicated sites are disseminated around the world. Moreover, some oceanographic campaigns have an altimetry validation goals.

Dedicated sites:

• Bass Strait (Australia): see Watson et al., oral presentation in pdf, OSTST 2009
• Corsica (France): see P. Bonnefond et al., oral presentation in pdf, poster in pdf, OSTST 2009
• Gavdos (Greece): see S.P. Mertikas et al., poster in pdf,  and E. Pavlis et al., poster in pdf, OSTST 2009
• Harvest (USA): see B. Haines et al., oral presentation in pdf, OSTST 2009
• Ibiza and L'Estartit (Spain): see J.J Benjamin-Martinez et al., poster in pdf, OSTST 2009

Dedicated campaigns:

• Aramis
• Drake, see S. Melachroinos et al., poster in pdf, OSTST 2009. 

Further information:

• OSTST 2009 meeting: oral presentations in Local calibration/validation session, posters in Global and in-situ calibration and validation.
• OSTST 2008 meeting: oral presentations and posters in Local and global calibration/validation (mostly in situ), Local and global calibration/validation (mostly global)