Historical development and principles of satellite altimetry – analysis of error sources

Abstract

    Satellite Altimetry is one of the today's most advanced satellite gravimetry geodesy techniques. It has a history of development since 1969. From 1973 to present there are eight generations of satellites in orbit have been launched. Satellite Altimetry has wide applications in areas such as geodesy, oceanography, geophysics, environmental management. In the process of industrialization and modernization of Vietnam, various sectors including Satellite Altimetry should be invest in research and development. In this paper, we study the principles of Satellite Altimetry, as well as analyze sources of error of Satellite Altimetry.