A new gravity map, a new marine geoid around Japan and the detection of the Kuroshio current

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 725-735

  Adjaout, A ^a   Sarrailh, M ^a  

^a Bureau Gravimétrique International BGI   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geoid Japan; Gravity map; Sea surface topography

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CURRENT OBSERVATIONS; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; GEOID; GRAVITY CHART; GRAVITY CHARTS; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OCEAN CURRENT; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

JAPAN; PACIFIC, KUROSHIO REGION;

EID: 0031407685     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001900050139     Document Type: Article

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