Performance of GOCE and GRACE-derived mean dynamic topographies in resolving Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-905

  Volkov, Denis L ^a,b   Zlotnicki, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts; GOCE; GRACE; Mean dynamic topography; Polar front; Satellite altimetry; Satellite gravity; Sea surface height gradients; South ACC front; Southern Ocean; Sub Antarctic front

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; GOCE; GRACE; MEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIES; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE GRAVITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOUTH ACC FRONT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-ANTARCTIC FRONT;

ESTIMATION; GEODESY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

GEOID; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GOCE; GRACE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC FRONT; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84865701014     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0541-9     Document Type: Article

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