Observing ocean heat content using satellite gravity and altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Jayne, Steven R ^a   Wahr, John M ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Ocean heat content; Remote sensing; Satellite gravity; Steric height

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PRESSURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0038685362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001619     Document Type: Article

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