TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason equatorial sea surface slope anomaly in the Atlantic in 2002: Comparison with wind and current measurements at 23W

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-45

  Provost, C ^a   Arnault, S ^a   Chouaib, N ^a   Kartavtseff, A ^a   Bunge, L ^a   Sultan, E ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Equatorial currents; Equatorial dynamics; Satellite altimetry; Sea surface slope; Wind

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 3543081557     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490465274     Document Type: Article

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