A description of the Mediterranean surface variable circulation from combined ERS-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetric data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 3-40

  Ayoub, Nadia ^a   Le Traon, Pierre Yves ^b   De Mey, Pierre ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

Author keywords

ERS 1; Mediterranean surface variable circulation; TOPEX POSEIDON altimetric data

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031774092     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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