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    • Title Altimetry explained
    • Released: 26/09/2018
    • Length 00:03:13
    • Language English
    • Footage Type Interview
    • Copyright ESA - European Space Agency
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      With the 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium underway in the Azores, Dr Marcello Passaro from the Technical University of Munich joins ESA web TV to explain how satellite altimeters measure the height of the sea surface. This information is essential for monitoring sea-level rise.

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    • Activity Observing the Earth
    • System Copernicus
    • Location Azores, Portugal
    • Keywords Coast, Earth observation , Radar, Radar altimetry, Radar data, Radar Images, Remote sensing, Sea level, Sea level rise, Sea surface

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