Role of ocean variability and dynamic ocean topography in the recovery of the mean sea surface and gravity anomalies from satellite altimeter data

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 617-629

  Rapp, R H ^a   Yi, Y ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter data; Gravity anomalies Dynamic topography

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 0031284594     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001900050129     Document Type: Article

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