Satellite Altimetry in Geodesy and Oceanography

Physics of the ocean circulation.- Theory of ocean tides with application to altimetry.- Quantifying time-varying oceanographic signals with altimetry.- Principle of satellite altimetry and elimination of radial orbit errors.- Orbit choice and the theory of radial orbit error for altimetry.- Theory of geodetic B.V.P.s. applied to the analysis of altimetric data.- Use of altimeter data in estimating global gravity models.- The direct estimation of the potential coefficients by biorthogonal sequences.- Frozen orbits and their application in satellite altimetry.- Integration of gravity and altimeter data by optimal estimation techniques.- Comparing the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM).