The challenges in long-term altimetry calibration for addressing the problem of global sea level change

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1284-1300

  Fu, Lee Lueng ^a   Haines, Bruce J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Calibration; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; SATELLITES; TIDE GAGES;

ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; ALTIMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84875264273     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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