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Schijvenaars, Sofie (author)Globally, coastal communities face increasing risks from climate-related hazards such as flooding, shoreline erosion, and salt intrusion. These hazards pose threats to both people and their environment, with extreme sea level events increasing these risks. Satellite altimetry allows for global observation of the sea level, reaching remote...master thesis 2024
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Bij de Vaate, I. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Verlaan, M. (author)Multi-mission satellite altimetry data have been used to study the spatial and temporal variability in global storm surge water levels. This was done by means of a time-dependent extreme value analysis applied to the monthly maximum detided water levels. To account for the limited temporal resolution of the satellite data, the data were first...journal article 2024
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Hernandez-Burgos, Sergi (author), Gibert, Ferran (author), Broquetas, Antoni (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), De la Cruz, Adrian Flores (author), Gomez-Olive, Adria (author), Garcia-Mondejar, Albert (author), Aparici, Monica Roca i. (author)The 2-D frequency-based omega-K method is known to be a suitable algorithm for fully focused SAR (FF-SAR) radar altimeter processors, as its computational efficiency is much higher than equivalent time-based alternatives without much performance degradation. In this article, we provide a closed-form description of a 2-D frequency-domain omega...journal article 2024
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Altiparmaki, O. (author), Amraoui, Samira (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Moreau, Thomas (author), Maraldi, Claire (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Naeije, M.C. (author)This study presents the first azimuth cutoff analysis in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) altimetry, aiming to assess its applicability in characterizing sea-state dynamics. In SAR imaging, the azimuth cutoff serves as a proxy for the shortest waves, in terms of wavelength, that can be detected by the satellite under certain wind and wave...journal article 2024
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Pronk, M.J. (author), Eleveld, M.A. (author), Ledoux, H. (author)Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are a necessity for modelling many large-scale environmental processes. In this study, we investigate the potential of data from two spaceborne lidar altimetry missions, ICESat-2 and GEDI—with respect to their vertical accuracies and planimetric data collection patterns—as sources for rasterisation towards...journal article 2024
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de Jong, Mo (author)Rivers play a crucial role in shaping landscapes and supporting ecosystems. This is demonstrated by the tiger habitats in and around Bardia National Park in West-Nepal, which rely on the Karnali River. This study contributes to a larger effort aimed at sustainably managing these tiger habitats. Monitoring the rivers in this remote area is...master thesis 2023
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Kasteel, Max (author)The Bui Dam, the second-largest hydropower dam in Ghana, plays a significant role in the sustainable energy mix of the country. It is managed by the Bui Power Authority (BPA) and has a capacity of hydro-clean generation of 404MW, contributing to 17% of the country’s total electricity generation. However, decision-making at the dam lacks the use...master thesis 2023
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van der Kleij, Sylke (author)Atmospheric rivers transport 90% of all atmospheric moisture in the mid-to-high latitudes, while covering only 10% of the Earth’s surface at any given time. Atmospheric rivers occur infrequently, and atmospheric river frequency in the polar areas is especially low, but they can have a large impact on the cryosphere when they make landfall. They...master thesis 2023
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Simons, W.J.F. (author), Naeije, M.C. (author), Ghazali, Zaki (author), Darani Rahman, Wan (author), Cob, Sanusi (author), Kadir, Majid (author), Bin Mustafar, M.A. (author), Din, Ami Hassan (author), Efendi, Joni Efendi (author), Noppradit, Prakrit (author)Absolute sea-level rise has become an important topic globally due to climate change. In addition, relative sea-level rise due to the vertical land motion in coastal areas can have a big societal impact. Vertical land motion (VLM) in Southeast Asia includes a tectonically induced component: uplift and subsidence in plate boundary zones where...journal article 2023
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Hart-Davis, Michael G. (author), Laan, Stendert (author), Schwatke, Christian (author), Backeberg, Björn (author), Dettmering, Denise (author), Zijl, Firmijn (author), Verlaan, M. (author), Passaro, Marcello (author), Seitz, Florian (author)With the continued rise in global mean sea level, operational predictions of tidal height and total water levels have become crucial for accurate estimations and understanding of sea level processes. The Dutch Continental Shelf Model in Delft3D Flexible Mesh (DCSM-FM) is developed at Deltares to operationally estimate the total water levels...journal article 2023
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Guarneri, H. (author), Verlaan, M. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Veenstra, J. (author), Zijl, F. (author), Pietrzak, J.D. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Keyzer, L.M. (author), Afrasteh, Y. (author), Klees, R. (author)Both empirical and assimilative global ocean tidal models are significantly more accurate in the deep ocean than in shelf and coastal waters. In this study, we answered whether this is due to the quality of the models used to reduce tide and surge or the general approach to treat tide and surge as two separate components of the water level...journal article 2023
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Ehlers, F. (author), Schlembach, Florian (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author)We demonstrate in this work how we can take advantage of known unfocused SAR (UF-SAR) retracking methods (e.g. the physical SAMOSA model) for retracking of fully-focused SAR (FF-SAR) waveforms. Our insights are an important step towards consistent observations of sea surface height, significant wave height and backscatter coefficient (wind...journal article 2023
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Schlembach, Florian (author), Ehlers, F. (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Passaro, Marcello (author), Dettmering, Denise (author), Seitz, Florian (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author)Estimating the three geophysical variables significant wave height (SWH), sea surface height, and wind speed from satellite altimetry continues to be challenging in the coastal zone because the received radar echoes exhibit significant interference from strongly reflective targets such as sandbanks, sheltered bays, ships etc. Fully focused...journal article 2023
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Naeije, M.C. (author), Di Bella, Alessandro (author), Geminale, Teresa (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)ESA’s Earth explorer mission CryoSat-2 has an ice-monitoring objective, but it has proven to also be a valuable source of observations for measuring impacts of climate change over oceans. In this paper, we report on our long-term ocean data analysis and validation and give our final words on CryoSat-2’s Geophysical Ocean Products (GOP)...journal article 2023
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Berthier, Etienne (author), Floriciou, Dana (author), Gardner, Alex (author), Gourmelen, Noel (author), Jakob, Livia (author), Paul, Frank (author), Treichler, Désirée (author), Wouters, B. (author), Belart, Joaquín M C (author)Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are currently losing mass rapidly with direct and severe impacts on the habitability of some regions on Earth as glacier meltwater contributes to sea-level rise and alters regional water resources in arid regions. In this review, we present the different techniques developed during...review 2023
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Bij de Vaate, I. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Verlaan, M. (author)Previous studies have demonstrated that tides are subject to considerable changes on secular time scales. However, these studies rely on sea level observations from tide gauges that are predominantly located in coastal and shelf regions and therefore, the large-scale patterns remain uncertain. Now, for the first time, satellite radar...journal article 2022
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Altiparmaki, O. (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Naeije, M.C. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)This article shows the first spectral analysis of fully-focused Synthetic Aperture Radar (FFSAR) altimetry data with the objective of studying backscatter modulations caused by swells. Swell waves distort the backscatter in altimetry radargrams by means of velocity and range bunching. These swell signatures are visible in the tail of the...journal article 2022
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Naeije, M.C. (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Pradit, Siriporn (author), Niemnil, Sommart (author), Thongtham, Nalinee (author), Bin Mustafar, M.A. (author), Noppradit, Prakrit (author)Temporal changes in vertical land motion (VLM) in and around Phuket Island in southern Thailand following the great 2004 Sumatra–Andaman megathrust earthquake have impacted the relative sea-level change estimates based on tide-gauge (TG) records. To better monitor the VLM, two new continuous global navigation satellite system (GNSS) stations...journal article 2022
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Martin, Ericka (author)Detection of the openings in the Arctic sea ice pack, or leads, allow to sample instantaneous sea surface height (SSH) and this information is crucial for quantifying the impact of sea ice melting. It is therefore important to correctly detect as many leads as possible to obtain more SSH references. This paper studies 12 different classification...master thesis 2021
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Donlon, Craig J. (author), Cullen, Robert (author), Giulicchi, Luisella (author), Vuilleumier, Pierrik (author), Francis, C. Richard (author), Kuschnerus, M. (author), Simpson, William (author), Bouridah, Abderrazak (author), Caleno, Mauro (author)Given the considerable range of applications within the European Union Copernicus system, sustained satellite altimetry missions are required to address operational, science and societal needs. This article describes the Copernicus Sentinel-6 mission that is designed to provide precision sea level, sea surface height, significant wave height,...journal article 2021