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On-Board Processing of Microwave Altimeter

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The Ocean Surface

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Microwave Altimeter is a useful sensor for the oceanic research. The feature of Altimeter is that it estimates and tracks altitude and other parameters on-board by using an on-board computer. The algorithm for this tracking, which uses MLE and MMSE, is studied in this report. As the result, the realization of the high accurate tracking by this algorithm has been verified.

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  1. National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tsukuba Space Center, 2-1-1 Sengen, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Yuji Miyachi & Hideo Kishida

  2. Nippon Electric Co. Ltd., 1-10 Nisshin-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183, Japan

    Makoto Ishii

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  1. Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toba

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hisashi Mitsuyasu

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Miyachi, Y., Kishida, H., Ishii, M. (1985). On-Board Processing of Microwave Altimeter. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_50

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