An oceanographer's guide to GOCE and the geoid

Ocean Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Hughes, C W ^a   Bingham, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 38649118230     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-4-15-2008     Document Type: Article

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