Caspian sea level from Topex-Poseidon altimetry: Level now falling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 881-884

  Cazenave, A ^a   Bonnefond, P ^b   Dominh, K ^a   Schaeffer, P ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RIVERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; TIDE GAGES;

TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

AVERAGE RATE; CASPIAN SEA; RANGE DATA; RIVER RUNOFFS; SOUTH CASPIAN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGES; TIME SPAN;

EID: 0031126878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00809     Document Type: Article

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