Estimating the sea surface dynamic topography from Geosat altimetry data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-68

  Ichikawa, Kaoru ^a   Imawaki, Shiro ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOID MODEL; GEOSAT; GEOSAT ALTIMETRY; KUROSHIO; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION METHOD; ORBIT ERROR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029751394     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236532     Document Type: Article

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