Satellite radar altimetry from open ocean to coasts: Challenges and perspectives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6406, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vignudelli, Stefano ^a   Snaith, Helen M ^b   Lyard, Florent ^c   Cipollini, Paolo ^b   Venuti, Fabio ^b   Birol, Florence ^c   Bouffard, Jérôme ^c   Roblou, Laurent ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratoire d Etudes Géophysique et Ocèanographie Spatiale   (France)

^d Noveltis ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Coastal circulation; Coastal zone; Currents; Grid; Satellite altimetry; Sea level; Web Services

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WEB SERVICES;

RADIO ALTIMETERS;

EID: 33846997937     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.694024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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