Comparing the steric height in the Northern Atlantic with satellite altimetry

Ocean Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-490

  Ivchenko, V O ^a   Danilov, S D ^a   Sidorenko, D V ^a   Schroter J ^a   Wenzel, M ^a   Aleynik, D L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 36749061269     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-3-485-2007     Document Type: Article

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