Comparisons of sea surface height variability observed by pressure-recording inverted echo sounders and satellite altimetry in the Kuroshio Extension

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-416

  Park, Jae Hun ^a   Watts, Randolph ^b   Donohue, Kathleen A ^b   Tracey, Karen L ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic echo time; Kuroshio Extension; Ocean bottom pressure; Pressure recording inverted echo sounder (PIES); Satellite altimetry; Sea surface height

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO SOUNDER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAFLOOR;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861611290     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-012-0108-x     Document Type: Article

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