Altimeter sampling characteristics using a single satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C5, 1998, Pages 10513-10526

  Parke, Michael E ^a,b   Born, George ^a   Leben, Robert ^a   McLaughlin, Craig ^a   Tierney, Craig ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; SATELLITE SENSING;

EID: 0032523599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02175     Document Type: Article

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