Precise Near-Real-Time Sea Surface Height Measurements from the Jason-1 and Jason-2/OSTM Missions

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 419-434

  Desai, Shailen D ^a   Haines, Bruce J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; near real time; precise orbit determination; sea surface height

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053344647     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.488968     Document Type: Article

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