Large-scale mass redistribution in the oceans, 1993-2001

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Chen, J L ^a   Wilson, C R ^a,b   Hu, X G ^c   Tapley, B D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Gravity; OGCM; SLR

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); LASER APPLICATIONS; WEATHER SATELLITES; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MASS VARIATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETERS; MASS REDISTRIBUTION; OBLATENESS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OGCM; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE LASER RANGING;

GEODESY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODESY; MASS TRANSFER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1242277741     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018048     Document Type: Article

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