Part of the IAG Symposia Series Presents peer-reviewed articles from the IAG International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val Activities and Applications Describes the state of the art in the calibration and validation of satellite altimetry

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Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Altimetry Calibration: The Constituents.- Practical Options for Time Tagging.- Time Reference, Calibration and Time Transfer Techniques for Satellite Altimetry.- Calibrating CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3A Sea Surface Heights Along the German Coast.- Performance of Sentinel-3A SAR Altimetry Retrackers: The SAMOSA Coastal Sea Surface Heights for the Baltic Sea.- Sea Level Variability in the Strait of Gibraltar from Along-Track High Spatial Resolution Altimeter Products.- Absolute Calibration of Sentinel-3A and Jason-3 Altimeters with Sea-Surface and Transponder Techniques in West Crete, Greece.- Multi-Mission Cross-Calibration of Satellite Altimeters.- Improvement of the Arctic Ocean Bathymetry and Regional Tide Atlas: First Result on Evaluating Existing Arctic Ocean Bathymetric Models.- Sea Level Trends and Variability in the Adriatic Sea and Around Venice.- Sentinel-3A: Validation of Orbit Products at the Copernicus POD Service.- The DTU17 Global Marine Gravity Field: First Validation Results.- Global and Regional Evaluation of the First Year of Sentinel-3.- Arctic Freshwater Fluxes from Earth Observation Data.- Scientific and Operational Roadmap for Fiducial Reference Measurements in Satellite Altimetry Calibration & Validation.