Combination of TOPEX/POSEIDON data with a hydrographic inversion for determination of the oceanic general circulation and its relation to geoid accuracy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 708-722

  Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^a   Kim, Myung Chan ^b   Tapley, Byron ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Oceanic models; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CIRCULATION; GEOID; GRAVITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN GCM; OCEANIC GCM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

EID: 0030995321     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05331.x     Document Type: Article

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