A coastal retracking system for satellite radar altimeter waveforms: Application to ERS-2 around Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Deng, Xiaoli ^a   Featherstone, W E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; CURVE FITTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR TRACKING;

COASTAL ZONE; ERS-2; GEOID; MODELING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TRACKING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751082932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003039     Document Type: Article

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