Poseidon 2 radar altimeter design and in flight preliminary performances

Poseidon 2 is the dual frequency, solid state radar altimeter embarked on the CNES/NASA oceanographic satellite JASON 1. This paper gives a brief sum up of the instrument design and some preliminary in flight performances.

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