D 2.1 State of the art review of SAR mode data over land

This document responds to deliverable 2.1 “State of the art review of SAR mode data over land” and is part of WP2 “Processing of SRAL SAR mode waveforms over land”. It includes an introduction to the basic concepts of conventional radar altimetry used in satellites like Envisat and Jason1&2 (Section 2.1) and SAR altimetry (Section 2.2). 

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