Seasonal global water mass budget and mean sea level variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3555-3558

  Chen, J L ^a,c   Wilson, C R ^b   Chambers, D P ^c   Nerem, R S ^a   Tapley, B D ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; VAPORS;

GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVEL (GMSL); SATELLITE ALTIMETERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0032194680     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02754     Document Type: Article

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