Annual cycle in mean sea level from Topex-Poseidon and ERS-1: Inference on the global hydrological cycle

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Minster, J F ^a   Cazenave, A ^b   Serafini, Y V ^c   Mercier, F ^b   Gennero, M C ^b   Rogel, P ^d  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b GRGS/ONES 18 Avenue E Belin 31400   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

Global change; Global hydrology; Satellite altimetry; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0032942371     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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