Correlations between altimetric sea surface height and radiometric sea surface temperature in the South Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 8073-8087

  Jones, Matthew S ^a   Allen, Myles ^b,c   Guymer, Trevor ^a   Saunders, Mark ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001224697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02177     Document Type: Article

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