Tropospheric corrections for coastal altimetry

Coastal Altimetry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 147-176

  Obligis, E ^a   Desportes, C ^b   Eymard, L ^c   Fernandes, M J ^d   Lazaro C ^d   Nunes, A L ^e  

^a CLS   (France)

^b MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Altimetry; GPS; Microwave radiometry; Water vapor; Wet tropospheric correction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960439991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12796-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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