Velocity probability density functions from altimetry

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Gille, Sarah T ^a,c   Smith, Stefan G Llewellyn ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OCEAN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034004921     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0125:VPDFFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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