New models for satellite altimeter sea state bias correction developed using global wave model data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Tran, N ^a   Vandemark, D ^b,c   Chapron, B ^d   Labroue, S ^a   Feng, H ^e   Beckley, B ^f   Vincent, P ^d,g  

^a CLS   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^g CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICS; WATER WAVES;

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEA STATE; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 34548524812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003406     Document Type: Article

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