The calculation of the dynamic sea surface topography and the associated flow field from altimetry data: A characteristic function method

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1371-1385

  Sanchez, Braulio V ^a   Cunningham, William J ^b   Pavlis, Nikolaos K ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION METHOD; CIRCULATION; DATA PROCESSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

EID: 0031434704     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1371:TCOTDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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