Calibrating the Jason-1 Measurement System: Initial results from the Corsica and Harvest verification experiments

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 818-820

  Bonnefond, P ^a   Haines, B ^b   Born, G ^c   Exertier, P ^a   Gill, S ^d   Jan, G ^e   Jeansou, E ^e   Kubitschek, D ^b   Laurain, O ^a   Menard Y ^f   Orsoni, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^e NOVELTIS   (France)

^f CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

RADAR ALTIMETERS;

TIDE GAGES;

EID: 0242711661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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