Near Real Time SLA and SST products during 2-years of MFS pilot project: Processing, analysis of the variability and of the coupled patterns

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART I, 2003, Pages 103-121

  Buongiorno Nardelli, B ^a   Larnicol, G ^b   D'Acunzo, E ^a   Santoleri, R ^a   Marullo, S ^c   Le Traon, P Y ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CLS   (France)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

General (marginal and semiclosed seas) Oceanography; Oceanography; Physical (sea level variations; upper ocean processes)

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037495047     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-103-2003     Document Type: Article

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