Nonparametric estimations of the sea state bias for a radar altimeter

MIAO Hongli; JING Yujie; JIA Yongjun; LIN Mingsen; ZHANG Guoshou; WANG Guizhong

doi:10.1007/s13131-017-1116-x

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MIAO Hongli, JING Yujie, JIA Yongjun, LIN Mingsen, ZHANG Guoshou, WANG Guizhong. Nonparametric estimations of the sea state bias for a radar altimeter[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(9): 108-113. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1116-x

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MIAO Hongli, JING Yujie, JIA Yongjun, LIN Mingsen, ZHANG Guoshou, WANG Guizhong. Nonparametric estimations of the sea state bias for a radar altimeter[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(9): 108-113. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1116-x

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Nonparametric estimations of the sea state bias for a radar altimeter

doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1116-x

1.
College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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National Satellite Ocean Application Service, State Oceanic Administration, Beijing 100081, China

Received Date: 2016-05-23

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Abstract

To estimate the sea state bias (SSB) for radar altimeter, two nonparametric models, including a Nadaraya-Watson (NW) kernel estimator and a local linear regression (LLR) estimator, are studied based on the Jason-2 altimeter data. Selecting from different combinations of the Gaussian kernel function, spherical Epanechnikov kernel function, a fixed bandwidth and a local adjustable bandwidth, it is observed that the LLR method with the spherical Epanechnikov kernel function and the local adjustable bandwidth is the optimal nonparametric model for the SSB estimation. The comparisons between the nonparametric and parametric models are conducted and the results show that the nonparametric model performs relatively better at high-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. This method has been applied to the HY-2A altimeter as well and the same conclusion can be obtained.
- radar altimeter,
- sea state bias,
- significant wave height,
- wind speed,
- nonparametric model,
- parametric model

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