The OSTM/Jason-2 Mission

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 4-25

  Lambin, Juliette ^a   Morrow, Rosemary ^b   Fu, Lee Lueng ^c   Willis, Josh K ^c   Bonekamp, Hans ^d   Lillibridge, John ^e   Perbos, Jacqueline ^a   Zaouche, Gérard ^a   Vaze, Parag ^c   Bannoura, Walid ^e   Parisot, François ^d   Thouvenot, Eric ^a   Coutin Faye, Sophie ^a   Lindstrom, Eric ^f   Mignogno, Mike ^e  

^a CNES   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

operational oceanography; Satellite altimetry; sea level

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957618156     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.491030     Document Type: Article

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