Bathymetry from Spaceborne Radar Altimetry: ABYSS-Lite

Concept :

ABYSS-Lite: Fact Sheet and Concept Paper

Free-Flying Altimeter Study Final Report June 2003

Importance of Bathymetry from Space in Tsunami Hazard Forecasts - Movie

ABYSS-Lite can observe mesoscale eddies while it maps gravity and bathymetry

Decadal Study-Request for Information (RFI) from Community

Previous Reports:

• Special Issue of Oceanography, v. 17, 2004.
• Bathymetry from Space Workshop Report, June 2003.
• EOS Article - Bathymetry from Space is Now Possible, February, 2003.
• Report of the High-Resolution Ocean Topography Science Working Group, 9. Bathymetry from Space, March, 2001.

Contacts:

Walter H. F. Smith walter@raptor.grdl.noaa.gov

R. Keith Raney Keith.Raney@jhuapl.edu

David T. Sandwell dsandwell@ucsd.edu