Merged satellite altimeter products are widely used in ocean-related fields.Currently,the altimeter merged products of archiving validation and interpretation of satellite oceanographic(AVISO)data are widely used inte...Merged satellite altimeter products are widely used in ocean-related fields.Currently,the altimeter merged products of archiving validation and interpretation of satellite oceanographic(AVISO)data are widely used internationally.Chinese National Satellite Ocean Application Service also released merged altimeter products(ALT MUL)in 2023.However,there are few studies on the quality assessment of ALT MUL.Based on the data of AVISO merged products,Jason3 satellite,tide gauge and drifter buoy,the quality assessment and effect analysis of ALT MUL merged products were carried out by means of error evaluation index,interpolation along rails,velocity inversion and power spectrum.The result shows that the average sea level anomaly(SLA)of ALT MUL is about 2 cm smaller than that of AVISO.And they are consistent with the large-scale characteristics and spatial distribution.These two SLA products are both in accordance with normal distribution.Results indicate a lesser congruence between ALT MUL and Jason3 satellite compared to AVISO.This difference may be attributed to the fact that AVISO products use Jason3 satellite as crosscalibrated reference satellite during the merged process.Comparing the matching effect of the two merged products with the tide gauge and drifter buoy,ALT MUL merged products are superior to AVISO in general.The energy spectral density was calculated by using Jason3 satellite data along the orbit,and the two merged products were interpolated to the data points along the orbit.The effective resolution of AVISO and ALT MUL merged products was 180 km and 210 km respectively through spectral calculation,indicating that AVISO merged products have higher effective resolution.展开更多
基金The National Key R&D Program of China under contract No.2021YFC3101503the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42276205 and 42406195+1 种基金the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.2023JJ10053the Youth Independent Innovation Science Foundation under contract No.ZK24-54.
文摘Merged satellite altimeter products are widely used in ocean-related fields.Currently,the altimeter merged products of archiving validation and interpretation of satellite oceanographic(AVISO)data are widely used internationally.Chinese National Satellite Ocean Application Service also released merged altimeter products(ALT MUL)in 2023.However,there are few studies on the quality assessment of ALT MUL.Based on the data of AVISO merged products,Jason3 satellite,tide gauge and drifter buoy,the quality assessment and effect analysis of ALT MUL merged products were carried out by means of error evaluation index,interpolation along rails,velocity inversion and power spectrum.The result shows that the average sea level anomaly(SLA)of ALT MUL is about 2 cm smaller than that of AVISO.And they are consistent with the large-scale characteristics and spatial distribution.These two SLA products are both in accordance with normal distribution.Results indicate a lesser congruence between ALT MUL and Jason3 satellite compared to AVISO.This difference may be attributed to the fact that AVISO products use Jason3 satellite as crosscalibrated reference satellite during the merged process.Comparing the matching effect of the two merged products with the tide gauge and drifter buoy,ALT MUL merged products are superior to AVISO in general.The energy spectral density was calculated by using Jason3 satellite data along the orbit,and the two merged products were interpolated to the data points along the orbit.The effective resolution of AVISO and ALT MUL merged products was 180 km and 210 km respectively through spectral calculation,indicating that AVISO merged products have higher effective resolution.
