Impact of the GOCE gravity mission on ocean circulation estimates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1881-1884

  LeGrand, Pascal ^a   Minster, Jean François ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; ERRORS; GRAVITATION; HEAT RADIATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; VELOCITY;

GRAVITY MISSION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; INVERSE MODELING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIES; OCEAN SURFACES; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

INVERSE MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032731620     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900440     Document Type: Article

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