Determining ocean circulation and sea level from satellite altimetry: Progress and challenges

Oceanography from Space: Revisited

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 147-163

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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