@article{fdi:010080235, title = {{A}ltimetry in a regional tropical sea}, author = {{G}ourdeau, {L}ionel and {D}jath, {B}. and {G}anachaud, {A}lexandre and {N}ino, {F}ernando and {B}irol, {F}. and {V}erron, {J}. and {F}uller, {N}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he satellite for {A}rgos and {A}lti{K}a ({SARAL}/{A}lti{K}a) is the first ocean altimeter mission to operate in the {K}a-band frequency. {T}he objective of this article is to investigate the extent to which {SARAL}/{A}lti{K}a sea-level measurements provide valuable information in a complex bathymetric region, i.e., the semienclosed {S}olomon {S}ea. {T}he data-editing procedure is revisited, and we propose two new data-editing criteria. {T}he first is based on the detection of erroneous sea-level values after computation, and the second directly analyzes the radar measurements and geophysical corrections. {W}e show that both methods are significantly more efficient than the standard procedure used in operational processing chains}, keywords = {{PACIFIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {SALOMON} {ILES}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{IEEE} {G}eoscience and {R}emote {S}ensing {M}agazine}, volume = {5}, numero = {3}, pages = {44--52}, ISSN = {2168-6831}, year = {2017}, DOI = {10.1109/{MGRS}.2017.2679484}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080235}, }