Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Saraceno, M ^a,b   Strub, P T ^a   Kosro, P M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDE GAGES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COASTAL CURRENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE;

EID: 58949103080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004756     Document Type: Article

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