The CNES_CLS11 Global Mean Sea Surface Computed from 16 Years of Satellite Altimeter Data

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 3-19

  Schaeffer, P ^a   Faugere Y ^a   Legeais, J F ^a   Ollivier, A ^a   Guinle, T ^b   Picot, N ^b  

^a CLS   (France)

^b Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale   (France)

Author keywords

altimetry; Mean Sea Surface; ocean variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872320439     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2012.718231     Document Type: Article

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