The fractal properties of sea surface topography derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON (1992-1996)

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1051-1058

  Shih, Tian Yuan ^a   Hwang, Jin Tsong ^a   Tsai, Tzong Jer ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Sea surface topography

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0033392143     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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