Altimetry combined with hydrography for ocean transport estimation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1324-1337

  Gourcuff, Claire ^a   Lherminier, Pascale ^a   Mercier, Herlé ^a   Le Traon, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Mass fluxes transport; Satellite observations; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BOX MODELS; GEOID ESTIMATE; GREENLAND; HEAT TRANSPORT; MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OCEAN TRANSPORTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PORTUGAL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE VELOCITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTIMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; NAVIGATION; SEA LEVEL;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; MASS TRANSPORT; MODELING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 82955240554     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHO818.1     Document Type: Article

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