Comparison of in situ bottom pressure data with GRACE gravimetry in the Crozet-Kerguelen region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Rietbroek, R ^a   LeGrand, P ^b,e   Wouters, B ^a   Lemoine, J M ^c   Ramillien, G ^c   Hughes, C W ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOTTOM PRESSURE RECORDS (BPR); CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT;

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BOTTOM STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; GRAVIMETRY; IN SITU STRESS;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 34248513494     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027452     Document Type: Article

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