The harvest experiment: Monitoring Jason-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON from a California offshore platform

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 239-259

  Haines, Bruce J ^a   Dong, Danan ^a   Born, George H ^b   Gill, Stephen K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; GPS; Jason 1; Satellite altimetry; Sea level; TOPEX POSEIDON; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0442293358     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714044520     Document Type: Article

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