Sea level from temperature profiles in the tropical Pacific Ocean, 1975-1982

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C8, 1996, Pages 18105-18119

  Reverdin, Gilles ^a,b   Kaplan, Alexey ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC HEIGHT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030472571     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01532     Document Type: Article

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