Sea surface dynamic height of the pacific ocean derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data: Calculation method and accuracy

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 585-599

  Kuragano, Tsurane ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic height; El Ni o; Hydrographic data; Optimum interpolation method; Pacific Ocean; Sea surface; Sea surface current; Tide gauge data; TOPEX POSEIDON altimeter

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031403183     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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