Annual and intra-annual sea level variability in the region of the Kuroshio Extension from TOPEX/POSEIDON and geosat altimetry

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 692-711

  Wang, Liping ^a,b   Koblinsky, Chester J ^b   Howden, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO EXTENSION;

EID: 0031854312     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0692:AAIASL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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