Comparison of satellite altimetry sea level anomalies and hydrographic observations in the Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-439

  Calafat, Francisco Mir ^a   Moreno, Marta Marcos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gridded products; Hydrographic observations; In situ profiles; Mediterranean Sea; Satellite altimetry; Steric sea level

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; GRACE; HYDROGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84870335752     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03515.02G     Document Type: Article

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