Uncertainties in the mean ocean dynamic topography before the launch of the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Vossepoel, Femke C ^a,b  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 39549098779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003891     Document Type: Article

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