Absolute calibration of the Jason-1 altimeter using UK tide gauges

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Woodworth, Philip ^a   Moore, Philip ^b   Dong, Xiaojun ^c   Bingley, Richard ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimeter calibration; GPS; Tide gauges

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GPS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543005937     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490465328     Document Type: Article

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