With the 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium underway in the Azores, Dr Marcello Passaro from the Technical University of Munich joins ESA web TV to explain how satellite altimeters measure the height of the sea surface. This information is essential for monitoring sealevel rise.

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