Estimating the circulation from hydrography and satellite altimetry in the Southern Ocean: Limitations imposed by the current geoid models

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1131-1143

  Losch, Martin ^a   Schröter, Jens ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geoid; Hydrography; Inverse methods; Ocean circulation; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

GEOID MODELS; HYDROGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CIRCULATION; GEOID; HYDROGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 3543114993     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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