Estimation of contamination of ERS-2 and POSEIDON satellite radar altimetry close to the coasts of Australia

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-271

  Deng, X ^a   Featherstone, W E ^a   Hwang, C ^a   Berry, P A M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal regions; Contaminated data and areas; Mean waveform; Satellite radar altimeter waveforms; Threshold retracking

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERS-2; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036819868     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410214990     Document Type: Article

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