Global statistical space-time scales of oceanic variability estimated from the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C1, 2000, Pages 955-974

  Kuragano, Tsurane ^a   Kamachi, Masafumi ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0033665443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900247     Document Type: Article

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