Nonseasonal sea level variations in the Japan/East Sea from satellite altimeter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Choi, Byoung Ju ^a   Haidvogel, Dale B ^a   Cho, Yang Ki ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Altimeter data; Empirical orthogonal function analysis; Japan East Sea; Nonseasonal variations; Sea level

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 14744283888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002387     Document Type: Article

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