Global ocean circulation from satellite altimetry and high-resolution computer simulation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2625-2636

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a   Smith, Richard D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN GCM; OGCM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

EID: 0030437894     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2625:GOCFSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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