In 1986, West published "Data Processing System Specifications for the Geosat Satellite Radar Altimeter", a 51-page technical report from The Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC).
The guide was published to explain how to increase the accuracy of the estimation of "geoid heights and vertical deflection", topics of satellite geodesy.
This was achieved by processing the data created from the radio altimeter on the Geosat satellite which went into orbit on 12 March 1984.
She worked at Dahlgren for 42 years, retiring in 1998.
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