The accuracies of smoothed sea surface height fields constructed from tandem satellite altimeter datasets

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1276-1302

  Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Schlax, Michael G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; SAMPLING; SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH);

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0038811451     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1276:TAOSSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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