Potential use of satellite data to infer the circulation dynamics in a marginal area of the Mediterranean Sea

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 414 PART 3, 1997, Pages 1461-1464

  Manzella, G M R ^a   Borzelli, G L ^b   Cipollini, P ^c   Guymer, T H ^c   Snaith, H M ^c   Vignudelli, S ^d  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^b TELESPAZIO S P A   (Italy)

^c SOC   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altimetry; AVHRR; ERS 1; Mediterranean Sea; TOPEX POSEIDON

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006990291     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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