Oceanic freshwater budget and transport as derived from satellite radiometric data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-467

  Jourdan, Didier ^a,b   Peterson, Peter ^a   Gautier, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EPSHOM/CMO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; FRESHWATER INPUT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SSM/I; TRANSPORT; VALIDATION;

EID: 0030804256     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0457:OFBATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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