How will Sentinel-6 scan the ocean

Sentinel-6 satellite with solar wings above blue ocean and white clouds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTlTvk355eQ

https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2020/09/019/2009_019_AR_EN.mp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTlTvk355eQ

Sentinel-6 fires radar pulses at the ocean and times the echo to measure sea-surface height.

That altimetry continues the Jason series record of global sea-level change.

Sunday November 29th 2020