A new method to determine the mean sea surface dynamic topography from satellite altimeter observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C1, 1998, Pages 1343-1362

  Feron, R C V ^a,b   De Ruijter, W P M ^a   Van Leeuwen, P J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Survey Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031845980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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