Dynamic ocean topography for the northeast Pacific and its continental margins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Foreman, M G G ^a,c   Crawford, W R ^a,c   Cherniawsky, J Y ^a,c   Galbraith, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Ocean Sciences Fisheries and Oceans Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SATELLITES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; DEEP OCEANS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; OCEAN MODELS; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHIES; PACIFIC OCEANS; SATELLITE ALTIMETERS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRIES; SATELLITE GRAVITIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 60149084937     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035152     Document Type: Article

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