A first comparison of simultaneous sea level measurements from envisat, GFO, Jason-1, and TOPEX/Poseidon

Sensors

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-248

  Zhang, Caiyun ^a   Chen, Ge ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Altimeter data; Comparison; Sea level anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CALIBRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETER DATA; ALTIMETER MISSIONS; COMPARISON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 33645576973     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s6030235     Document Type: Article

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