Investigation of the stability of the ERS 1 range bias through tide gauge augmented altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 30021-30038

  Moore, P ^a,b   Ehlers, S ^a,c   Murphy, C M ^a,d   Reynolds, M D ^a,e  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Softlab Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e SGI UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERS-1; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 0033573436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900184     Document Type: Article

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