Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory

Brian D Beckley

(CHIEF SCIENTIST)

Brian D Beckley's Contact Card & Information.
Email: brian.d.beckley@nasa.gov
Org Code: 61A
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 61A.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Missions & Projects

Publications


Refereed

2021. "Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress." Advances in Space Research [10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea‐level Change and the Implications for the Future." Reviews of Geophysics 58 (e2019RG000672): [10.1029/2019rg000672] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 201717312 [10.1073/pnas.1717312115] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Impact of ITRS 2014 Realizations on Altimeter Satellite Precise Orbit Determination." Advances in Space Research 61 (1): 45-73 [10.1016/j.asr.2017.07.044] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Global sea-level budget 1993--present." Earth System Science Data 10 (3): 1551--1590 [10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "On the ‘cal mode’ correction to TOPEX satellite altimetry and its effect on the global mean sea-level time series." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 122 (11): 8371-8384 [10.1002/2017jc013090] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Towards the 1-cm SARAL orbit." Advances in Space Research 58 (12): 2651-2676 [10.1016/j.asr.2015.12.011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Revisiting the pole tide for and from satellite altimetry." Journal of Geodesy 89 (12): 1233-1243 [10.1007/s00190-015-0848-7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Estimated SLR station position and network frame sensitivity to time-varying gravity." J. Geodesy 88 (6): 517-537 [10.1007/s00190-014-0701-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "The effect of seasonal and long-period geopotential variations on the GPS orbits." GPS Solutions [10.1007/s10291-013-0346-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Calibration of ocean wave measurements by the TOPEX, Jason-1, and Jason-2 satellites." Marine Geodesy 35 (SI): 238-257 [10.1080/01490419.2012.718611] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Comparison of Global Mean Sea Level Time Series from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2." Marine Geodesy 35 (SI): 20-41 [10.1080/01490419.2012.717862] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Terrestrial waters and sea level variations on interannual time scale." GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE 75 (1-2): 76-82 [10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.10.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Towards development of a consistent orbit series for TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and Jason-2." Adv. Space Res. 46 1513-1540 [10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.007] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Investigating the Performance of the Jason-2/OSTM Radar Altimeter over Lakes and Reservoirs." Marine Geodesy 33 (sup1): 204-238 [10.1080/01490419.2010.488983] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "DORIS/SLR POD modeling improvements for Jason-1 and Jason-2." Adv. Space Res. 46 (12): 1541-1558 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Vertical crustal motion derived from satellite altimetry and tide gauges, and comparisons with DORIS measurements." Adv. Space Res. 45 (12): 1510-1522 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.asr.2010.02.020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Assessment of the Jason-2 Extension to the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 Sea-Surface Height Time Series for Global Mean Sea Level Monitoring ." Marine Geodesy 33 447-471 [Full Text] [10.1080/01490419.2010.491029] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Measuring Storm Surge with an Airborne Wide-Swath Radar Altimeter." J Atmos Ocean Technol 26 (10): 2200-2215 [10.1175/2009JTECHO627.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "A reassessment of global and regional mean sea-level trends from TOPEX and Jason-1 altimetry based on revised reference frame and orbits." Geophys. Res. Lett. 34 L14608 [10.1029/2007GL030002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Assessment of wind-forcing impact on a global wind-wave model using the TOPEX altimeter." Ocean Engineering 33 (11-12): 1431-1461 [10.1016/j.oceaneng.2005.10.015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "New models for satellite altimeter sea state bias correction developed using global wave model data." Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (C9): C09009 [10.1029/2005jc003406] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Tides and sea‐level variability in the south‐west Pacific from TOPEX/Poseidon." New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38 (4): 649-669 [10.1080/00288330.2004.9517268] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Altimeter observations of sea-level variability off the west coast of North America." International Journal of Remote Sensing 25 (7-8): 1303-1306 [10.1080/01431160310001592210] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Towards a Seamless Transition from TOPEX/Poseidon to Jason-1." Marine Geodesy 27 (3-4): 373-389 [10.1080/01490410490889148] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Monitoring the TOPEX and Jason-1 Microwave Radiometers with GPS and VLBI Wet Zenith Path Delays." Marine Geodesy 27 (3-4): 703-716 [10.1080/01490410490904780] [Journal Article/Letter]

2003. "Simultaneous ocean wave measurements by the Jason and Topex satellites, with buoy and model comparisons." Marine Geodesy 26 367-382 [10.1080/714044527] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Direct estimation of sea state impacts on impacts on radar altimeter sea level measurements." Geophys Res Lett 29 (24): 1-1 - 1-4 [10.1029/2002GL015776] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Monitoring sea level and sea surface temperature trends from ERS satellites." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 27 (32-34): 1413-1417 [10.1016/s1474-7065(02)00081-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2001. "The NVAP global water vapor data set: independent cross-comparison and multiyear variability." Remote Sensing of Environment 76 (1): 112-129 [10.1016/s0034-4257(00)00199-1] [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Intermittence and modulation of mesoscale variability." Geophysical Research Letters 25 (23): 4365-4368 [10.1029/1998gl900164] [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Large-scale Rossby wave in the mid-latitude South Pacific from altimetry data." Geophysical Research Letters 25 (2): 179-182 [10.1029/97gl03567] [Journal Article/Letter]

1997. "Characterization of global mean sea level variations observed by TOPEX/POSEIDON using empirical orthogonal functions." Surveys in Geophysics 18 (2/3): 293-302 [10.1023/a:1006596211926] [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "The equator anomaly region as seen by the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite." Advances in Space Research 18 (6): 23-32 [10.1016/0273-1177(95)00894-2] [Journal Article/Letter]

1995. "Using IRI for the computation of ionospheric corrections for altimeter data analysis." Advances in Space Research 15 (2): 113-119 [10.1016/s0273-1177(99)80032-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

1994. "A preliminary evaluation of ocean topography from the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission." Journal of Geophysical Research 99 (C12): 24565 [10.1029/94jc01431] [Journal Article/Letter]

1992. "A global mean sea surface based upon GEOS 3 and Seasat altimeter data." Journal of Geophysical Research 97 (B4): 4915 [10.1029/91jb03153] [Journal Article/Letter]

1991. "On the effectiveness of Geosat altimeter corrections." International Journal of Remote Sensing 12 1979-1984 [10.1080/01431169108955231] [Journal Article/Letter]

1990. "A preliminary estimate of geoid-induced variations in repeat orbit satellite altimeter observations." Journal of Geophysical Research 95 (C3): 3033 [10.1029/jc095ic03p03033] [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "Global mean sea surface based upon the Seasat altimeter data." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 91 (B3): 3501-3506 [10.1029/jb091ib03p03501] [Journal Article/Letter]

1983. "Global mesoscale variability from collinear tracks of SEASAT altimeter data." Journal of Geophysical Research 88 (C7): 4343 [10.1029/jc088ic07p04343] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2008. "Sub-centimeter SLR precision with the SLRF2005/LPOD2005 network." Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Poznan, Poland, Oct. 12-17, 2008 [Full Text] [Proceedings]

2006. "13 years of TOPEX/Poseidon precision orbit determination and the 10-fold improvement in expected orbit accuracy." AIAA Paper 2006-6672, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, 21–24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado [Full Text] [Proceedings]

2006. "Towards the GEOSAT Follow-On Precise Orbit Determination Goals of High Accuracy and Near-Real-Time Processing." AIAA Paper 2006-6402, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference, 21–24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado [Full Text] [Proceedings]

2004. "Use of global wave model to correct altimeter sea level estimates." Proc IGARSS 2004 4 2738-2741 [Other]