About the satellite sea surface height measurements.
If you bounce a signal off the surface and measure the feedback you have a ton of signal distortions.
The satellite is moving, the atmosphere deflects and distorts the signal.
The Poseidon instrument was not made to be more accurate than 4.3 cm - and that was likely the manufacturer's claim and can't be tested with a tape measure...
https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/technologyinstrumentdescription/instrumentdescriptaltimeter/
Simply put, with the oceans' wave motion, you will not be able to determine sea height accurately. Even if these tools were more accurate - which they're not.
You can't measure all the waves at once. You can't create a "model" that accurately accounts for wave motions *all over the Earth* and know when a signal from one of these altimeters hits a trough or a crest.
With these instruments one can get an idea of the distance -probably within a few feet. But be able to tell whether the oceans are rising or falling? And to declare 3.21 (and now 3.4mm) Not even close. I'm sure in the next month few months it will surely be be 3.6mm
It's all BS. It's all lies. #FakeScience
But go ahead and defend it. :)
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Just wondering if you've even given a little thought to this...
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