Accurate linking of Lake Erie water level with shoreline datum using GPS buoy and satellite altimetry

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Cheng, Kai Chien ^a   Kuo, Chung Yen ^b   Shum, C K ^c   Niu, Xutong ^d   Li, Rongxing ^d   Bedford, Keith W ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoid; GPS buoy; Satellite altimetry; Water level gauges

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUOY SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOID; GPS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SHORELINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44649163913     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.1-2.53(SA)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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