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CryoSat-2 SARIn mode surface height measurements retrieved from the newly developed processing chain are compared to ICESat-2 surface height measurements extracted from the ATL06 product. About 250,000 space\u2013time nearly coincident observations are identified and examined over the Antarctic ice sheet, and over a one-year period. On average, the median elevation bias between both missions is about \u221218 cm, with CryoSat-2 underestimating the surface topography compared to ICESat-2. The Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) between CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 elevation estimates is 46.5 cm. These performances were compared to those obtained with CryoSat-2 SARIn mode elevations from the ESA PDGS level-2 products (ICE Baseline-D processor). The MAD between CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 elevation estimates is significantly reduced with the new processing developed, by about 42%. The improvement is more substantial over areas closer to the coast, where the topography is more complex and surface slope increases. In terms of perspectives, the impacts of surface roughness and volume scattering on the SARIn mode waveforms have to be further investigated. This is crucial to understand geographical variations of the elevation bias between CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 and continue enhancing the SARIn mode level-2 processing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13224508","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,9]],"date-time":"2021-11-09T21:39:07Z","timestamp":1636493947000},"page":"4508","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Ice Sheet Topography from a New CryoSat-2 SARIn Processing Chain, and Assessment by Comparison to ICESat-2 over Antarctica"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"J\u00e9r\u00e9mie","family":"Aublanc","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), Parc Technologique du Canal, 11 Rue Herm\u00e8s, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France"}]},{"given":"Pierre","family":"Thibaut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), Parc Technologique du Canal, 11 Rue Herm\u00e8s, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France"}]},{"given":"Amandine","family":"Guillot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Boy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Picot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Church, J.A., Clark, P.U., Cazenave, A., Gregory, J.M., Jevrejeva, S., Levermann, A., Merrifield, M.A., Milne, G.A., Nerem, R.S., and Nunn, P.D. 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