In situ validation of Jason-1 and Jason-2 altimetry missions in the tropical Atlantic ocean

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 319-339

  Arnault, S ^a   Pujol, I ^b   MELICE J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Atlantic; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; JASON-1; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 80052230650     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2011.584833     Document Type: Article

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