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Benefits of fully focused SAR altimetry to coastal wave height estimates
A case study in the North Sea
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 target
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Lead Detection in the Arctic Ocean from Sentinel-3 Satellite Data
A Comprehensive Assessment of Thresholding and Machine Learning Classification Methods
In the Arctic Ocean, obtaining water levels from satellite altimetry is hampered by the presence of sea ice. Hence, water level retrieval requires accurate detection of fractures in the sea ice (leads). This paper describes a thorough assessment of various surface type classifica
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Tropical Biogeomorphic Seagrass Landscapes for Coastal Protection
Persistence and Wave Attenuation During Major Storms Events
The intensity of major storm events generated within the Atlantic Basin is projected to rise with the warming of the oceans, which is likely to exacerbate coastal erosion. Nature-based flood defence has been proposed as a sustainable and effective solution to protect coastlines.
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Maintaining Tropical Beaches with Seagrass and Algae
A Promising Alternative to Engineering Solutions
Tropical beaches provide coastal flood protection, income from tourism, and habitat for flagship species. They urgently need protection from erosion, which is being exacerbated by changing climate and coastal development. Traditional coastal engineering solutions are expensive, p
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Estimating decadal variability in sea level from tide gauge records
An application to the North Sea
One of the primary observational data sets of sea level is represented by the tide gauge record. We propose a new method to estimate variability on decadal time scales from tide gauge data by using a state space formulation, which couples the direct observations to a predefined s
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Height system connection between island and mainland using a hydrodynamic model
A case study connecting the Dutch Wadden islands to the Amsterdam ordnance datum (NAP)
We present an efficient and flexible alternative method to connect islands and offshore tide gauges with the height system on land. The method uses a regional, high-resolution hydrodynamic model that provides total water levels. From the model, we obtain the differences in mean w
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Lake and reservoir volume variability from satellite imagery data
An assessment of the usability of high-resolution digital elevation models to extract water levels
Recent research suggested that the digital elevation models can be considered, as an alternative to the altimetry data. However, the water prohibits the ability of monitoring the construction the waterbed, due to the loss of the returning signal. The elevation models have therefo
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Water Level Monitoring in the Karnali River, Nepal
Evaluating Satellite SAR Altimetry Techniques through Field Observations
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
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Evaluating the value of Integrated Geodetic Reference Stations
Assessment of the InSAR and GNSS observations
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are widely used to monitor the dynamic behavior of the Earth. InSAR is a geodetic technique that estimates millimeter-level relative displacement time-series in an opportunistic networ
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Quality Assessment of GNSS/IMU derived NAP heights
Using RILA and RDNAPTRANS™2018
The purpose of this thesis is to do quality assessment of GNSS/IMU derived NAP heights for The Netherlands (NAP) using Fugro RILA technique and the RDNAPTRANS2018 published by Rijkswaterstaat. The use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is growing rapidly in order to det
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Sticky Snow
Combining Snow and Radiative Transfer Models in the Percolation Area of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Subsurface firn processes play a crucial role in ice sheet mass loss mechanisms. On Greenland surface meltwater percolates to deeper layers where porous firn retains it, directly inhibiting runoff. However, secondary effects such as the formation of impermeable ice slabs may indi
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Lead Detection in the Arctic Ocean
Assessment of thresholding and machine learning classification methods on Sentinel-3 SRAL altimeter for lead detection in the Arctic Ocean
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
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Model-Based Hydrodynamic Leveling
An Impact Study on the European Vertical Reference Frame
Establishing an accurate global unified vertical reference frame (VRF) is a long-standing objective of geodesy. However, that objective has still not been achieved. One particular application where the lack of such a VRF is evident, is the improvement of hydrodynamic models by as
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A machine learning model for the estimation of hourly non-tidal water levels in the Dutch coastal zone
Based on satellite altimetry observations and pressure and wind fields from ERA5
As extensive efforts from consumer drone manufacturers resulted in inexpensive aircrafts that can capture high quality video imagery, drones are increasingly considered to be beneficial for scientific purposes. In the recent past, video imagery has been used to analyze waves in t
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The topic of this thesis is Integrity Monitoring (IM), with special focus on the Singapore Satellite Positioning Reference Network (SiReNT) infrastructure. This network infrastructure supports and improves Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications, related to positio
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Climate change causes alterations in large scale mass transport patterns in the ocean, cryosphere and hydrology. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission which has been operational in the years 2002-2017 has already improved our understanding of large
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Ocean currents play a crucial role in many scientific and industrial applications. Contemporary measurement techniques are limited in spatial coverage or spatial resolution. This study presents a proof-of-concept for a new measurement principle that merges optical satellite image
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Around the world, there are 58 Small Island Developing States (SIDS). What these SIDS generally have in common is that they are very susceptible to different natural hazards, among which coastal flooding. In order to address this issue, adaptation measures are needed. In order to
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Accurate information on Arctic sea ice thickness has been historically limited both spatially and temporally to spare submarine sonar measurements until the advent of satellite altimeters such as ICEsat (operating from 2002 to 2008) and CryoSat-2 (operating from 2011 to present d
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