Integrating Jason-2 into a Multiple-Altimeter Climate Data Record

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 504-517

  Leuliette, Eric W ^a   Scharroo, Remko ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Altimetrics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; Jason 2; Mean sea level; satellite altimetry; verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865524950     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.487795     Document Type: Article

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