HR: 11:20h
AN: SF52A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: GPS Ocean Topography of Monterey Bay
AU: * Lowe, S
EM: Steve.Lowe@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, 4800 OAK GROVE DRIVE, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Treuhaft, R
EM: Robert.Treuhaft@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, 4800 OAK GROVE DRIVE, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Franklin, G
EM: garth.franklin@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, 4800 OAK GROVE DRIVE, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Young, L
EM: Lawrence.E.Young@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, 4800 OAK GROVE DRIVE, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: Eight successful aircraft flights were performed over Monterey Bay in Aug. 2003 with the goal of producing eddie-resolving, 4-D ocean topography measurements. Two flights on each of 4 days covered an approximately 50 km by 70 km area. About 170 Gbytes of open-loop data were recorded on each flight and were later processed by a GPS software receiver. The aircraft position was determined from GPS, while the difference in arrival times between the direct and ocean-reflected GPS signals gave the height of the aircraft above the ocean surface at each of the GPS specular reflection points; these data were combined to form a topographic map of the Monterey Bay area. This paper will present results of the data analysis and preliminary topographic maps. An extrapolation of the results to a global spacecraft mission will also be presented.
DE: 4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes
SC: Special Focus: Advances in Data Acquisition, Management, Analysis and Display [SF]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting