Absolute calibration in Bass Strait, Australia: TOPEX, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 242-260

  Watson, Christopher ^a   White, Neil ^b   Church, John ^b   Burgette, Reed ^a   Tregoning, Paul ^c   Coleman, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute bias; Altimeter calibration; Jason 1; OSTM Jason 2; TOPEX

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; JASON-1; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT;

EID: 80052196121     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2011.584834     Document Type: Article

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