An illustration of the contribution of the TOPEX/Poseidon - Jason-1 tandem mission to mesoscale variability studies

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Le Traon, P Y ^a   Dibarboure, G ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Merging techniques; Mesoscale; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; GEODESY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 3543001054     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490489313     Document Type: Article

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