Abstract

This paper assesses the sea surface height (SSH), significant wave height (SWH) and wind speed (U) measurements derived from Haiyang-2B (HY-2B) altimeter products from April 2019 to September 2019. Crossover analysis is used to assess to SSH measurements. The mean standard deviations of the SSH crossover differences for HY-2B is 5.09 cm, which is lower than Jason-2 (5.31 cm) and Jason-3 (5.27 cm). Compared with the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) observations, the HY-2B SWH measurements show a root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 0.205 m with a positive bias of 0.150 m. The HY-2B wind speed measurements show a RMSE of 1.139 m/s with a negative bias of 0.563 m/s. The SSH, SWH and wind speed measurements from HY-2B products show high accuracy, but should be further calibrated.

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