Can oceanic submesoscale processes be observed with satellite altimetry?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Chavanne, Cédric P ^a   Klein, Patrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL;

GROUND-TRACK; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; INTERNAL TIDES; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; NEAR-INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN SUBMESOSCALE; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SIGNAL CONTAMINATION; SURFACE CURRENT;

TIDES;

DATA PROCESSING; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CURRENT;

EID: 78649504168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045057     Document Type: Article

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