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In this study, the triple collocation error model has been introduced in the validation of Envisat ASAR derived SWH products. SWH retrievals from ASAR wave mode using ESA\u2019s algorithm are validated against  in situ buoy data, and wave model hindcast results from WaveWatch III wave model, covering a period of six years. From the triple collocation validation analysis, the impacts of the collocation distance and water depth on the error of ASAR SWH are discussed. It is found that the error of Envisat ASAR SWH product is linear to the collocation distance, and decrease with the decreasing collocation distance. Using the linear regression fit method, the absolute error of Envisat ASAR SWH was obtained with zero collocation distance. The absolute Envisat ASAR wave height error of 0.49 m is presented in deep and open ocean from this triple collocation validation work, in contrast to a larger error of 0.56 m in coastal and shallow waters. One of the reasons for the larger Envisat ASAR SWH errors in the coastal waters may be the inaccurate Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) adopted in the Envisat ASAR wave retrieval algorithm.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs61212217","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,8]],"date-time":"2014-12-08T11:15:56Z","timestamp":1418037356000},"page":"12217-12233","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Error Analysis on ESA\u2019s Envisat ASAR Wave Mode Significant Wave Height Retrievals Using Triple Collocation Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"He","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Ocean Technology Center, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin 300112, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China"},{"name":"Laboratoire d'Oc\u00e9anographie Spatiale, Institut Fran\u00e7ais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Brest 29280, France"}]},{"given":"Jianhua","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Ocean Technology Center, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin 300112, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7514-3212","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jingsong","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10713","DOI":"10.1029\/91JC00302","article-title":"On the nonlinear mapping of an ocean wave spectrum into a synthetic aperture radar image spectrum and its inversion","volume":"96","author":"Hasselmann","year":"1991","journal-title":"J. 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