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sea_surface_height_bias_due_to_sea_surface_roughness  

Definition

  • Altimeter pulses tend to be more strongly reflected by the troughs of sea surface waves than by the crests leading to a bias in the measured sea surface height. This quantity is commonly known as "sea state bias". "Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase.

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/sea_surface_height_bias_due_to_sea_surface_roughness

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