Temporal variation of sound speed in ocean: A comparison between GPS/acoustic and in situ measurements

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Kido, Motoyuki ^a   Osada, Yukihito ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS acoustic technique; Seafloor geodesy; Sound speed; XBT

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SEAFLOOR; SOUND VELOCITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 41849100335     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352785     Document Type: Article

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