From TOPEX/Poseidon to Jason-2/OSTM in the amazon basin

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1542-1550

  Seyler, Frédérique ^a   Calmant, Stéphane ^b   Silva, Joecila Santos Da ^c   Moreira, Daniel Medeiros ^d   Mercier, Franck ^e   Shum, C K ^f,g  

^a IRD   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c UEA/CESTU   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e CLS   (France)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Altimeter calibration; Amazon basin; Hydrology; Jason 2

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; AMAZON BASIN; CONTINENTAL WATERS; JASON-2; POTENTIAL ERRORS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RETRACKING ALGORITHMS; VIRTUAL STATIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84875275742     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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