How Well Will the Surface Water and Ocean Topography Mission Measure Water Surface Heights and Slopes in Complex Terrain?


Renato P M Frasson1, Michael T Durand2, Tamlin Pavelsky3, Curtis W. Chen4, Brent A Williams1, Alexander Fore5 and Xiao Yang6, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (2)Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States