Absolute Calibration of Jason-1 and Jason-2 Altimeters in Corsica during the Formation Flight Phase

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 80-90

  Bonnefond, Pascal ^a   Exertier, Pierre ^a   Laurain, Olivier ^a   Jan, Gwenaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Noveltis   (France)

Author keywords

Altimeter calibration; GPS; tide gauges

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052201986     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.487790     Document Type: Article

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