15 years of altimetry at various scales over the mediterranean

Remote Sensing of the European Seas

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 295-306

  Cipollini, Paolo ^a   Vignudelli, Stefano ^b   Lyard, Florent ^c   Roblou, Laurent ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire d'Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale   (France)

^d Ramonville Saint Agne ^*  (France)

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EID: 51749092027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6772-3_22     Document Type: Chapter

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