retrack

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verb

To track again.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbretrack (third-person singular simple present retracks, present participle retracking, simple past and past participle retracked)

present singular third person retracks · participle present retracking · participle past retracked · past retracked

  1. To track again.
  2. To correct the range and elevation measurements in altimetry data by certain mathematical operations on the waveform.

    These retracking functions cover a much wider range of possible waveform shapes than the Brown model. A few studies concluded that the ICE1 retracker performs with sufficient accuracy over inland waters […]

    2015, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Laura Sánchez, International Symposium on Earth and Environmental Sciences for Future Generations: Proceedings of the IAG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic, June 22-July 2, 2015, page 352

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