Velocity statistics inferred from the TOPEX/Poseidon-Jason-1 tandem mission data

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 551-575

  Stammer, D ^a   Theiss, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 13844253760     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490902052     Document Type: Article

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