Regional mean sea surfaces based on geos-3 and seasat altimeter data

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1984, Pages 385-402

  Marsh, James G ^a   Cheney, Robert E ^b   McCarthy, John J ^c   Martin, Thomas V ^c  

^a Geodynamics Branch Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt ^*  (United States)

^b National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey Rockville ^*  (United States)

^c Inc Riverdale ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC SEA SURFACE; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NW); BERING SEA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTH'S GRAVITY; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC SURFACE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0021575573     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15210608409379510     Document Type: Article

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