Using altimetry and seafloor pressure data to estimate vertical deformation offshore: Vanuatu case study

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1335-1351

  Ballu, V ^a,b   Bonnefond, P ^a   Calmant, S ^c   Bouin, M N ^d   Pelletier, B ^a,e   Laurain, O ^a   Crawford, W C ^a,b   Baillard, C ^b   De Viron, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Pressure gauge; Radar altimetry; Vanuatu; Vertical deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PRESSURE GAGES; SURFACE WATERS; TIDE GAGES;

DEFORMATION RESULT; DEFORMATION SIGNAL; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; PRESSURE GAUGES; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VANUATU; VERTICAL DEFORMATION;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84875262033     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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