On the use of tide gauges to determine altimeter drift

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12885-12890

  Chambers, D P ^a,b   Ries, J C ^a   Shum, C K ^a,b   Tapley, B D ^b  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAUGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0032526134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01197     Document Type: Article

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