On the utilization of ers-1 altimeter data for offshore oil exploration

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1953-1968

  Majumdar, T J ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a   Srivastava, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE OIL EXPLORATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALTIMETER DATA; ERS-1; OIL EXPLORATION;

EID: 0032503851     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215081     Document Type: Article

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