ALTICAP: a new global satellite altimetry  product for coastal applications

Cancet, Mathilde; Birol, Florence; Vergara, Oscar; Dagneaux, Quentin; Léger, Fabien; Bignalet-Cazalet, François; Daguze, Jean-Alexis; Fouchet, Ergane; Homerin, Alexandre; Maraldi, Claire; Niño, Fernando; Pujol, Marie-Isabelle; Tran, Ngan

doi:10.5194/essd-18-2319-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2319-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2319-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

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30 Mar 2026

Data description article |

| 30 Mar 2026

ALTICAP: a new global satellite altimetry product for coastal applications

Mathilde Cancet, Florence Birol, Oscar Vergara, Quentin Dagneaux, Fabien Léger, François Bignalet-Cazalet, Jean-Alexis Daguze, Ergane Fouchet, Alexandre Homerin, Claire Maraldi, Fernando Niño, Marie-Isabelle Pujol, and Ngan Tran

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Observing sea level variations at high resolution is paramount for coastal scientific, societal and economic issues. ALTICAP (ALTimetry Innovative Coastal Approach Product) is a new product of Sea Level Anomaly derived from Jason-3 20 Hz along track satellite altimetry and benefiting from the most recent corrections. It covers all coastal ocean up to 500 km from land, from February 2016 to July 2021. It also provides collocated altimetric significant wave height and wind speed.