Potential use of ERS-1 and Topex/Poseidon altimeters for resolving oceanographic patterns in the Algerian Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1787-1790

  Vignudelli, S ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist lo Stud dell'Oceanografia Fis   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; INFRARED IMAGING; KINEMATICS; MONITORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; VELOCITY; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CROSSOVER POINTS; FIELD VARIABILITY; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSCALE FEATURES; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGERIAN BASIN; EDDIES; OCEANOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE VARIABILITY;

ALTIMETER; ERS-1; MESOSCALE FEATURES; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY (ERS-1; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE VARIABILITY; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALGERIAN BASIN;

EID: 0031193275     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01546     Document Type: Article

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