<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desportes, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Obligis, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eymard, L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">One-Dimensional Variational Retrieval of the Wet Tropospheric Correction for Altimetry in Coastal Regions</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">jason</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">microwave_radiometer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sea_level</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">48</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1001</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The altimeter range is corrected for tropospheric humidity by means of microwave radiometer measurements (Envisat/MWR, Jason-1/JMR, Jason-2/AMR). Over an open ocean, the altimeter/radiometer combination is satisfactory. However, in coastal areas, radiometer measurements are contaminated by the surrounding land surfaces, and the humidity retrieval method is not appropriate anymore. In this paper, a variational assimilation technique is proposed to retrieve the wet tropospheric correction near coasts. The method is first developed on simulations using the data from a meteorological model. A performance assessment is performed, as well as a comparison with a standard algorithm. The method is then applied on actual measurements, thus evaluating its feasibility.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>