Altimeter sea state bias: A new look at global range error estimates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3947-3950

  Chapron, B ^a   Vandemark, D ^b   Elfouhaily, T ^c   Thompson, D R ^c   Gaspar, P ^d   LaBroue, S ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DECOMPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SLOPE VARIANCES;

GEOPHYSICS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

BREAKING WAVES; CURRENT THEORIES; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONDIMENSIONAL; ORBITAL VELOCITIES; SEA-STATE BIAS; SECOND ORDERS; SLOPE VARIANCE;

EID: 0035888567     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013346     Document Type: Article

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