Significant improvements in marine gravity from ongoing satellite missions

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-146

  Marks, K M ^a   Smith, W H F ^a   Sandwell, D T ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Coherence; Multibeam; Noise; Satellite gravity

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BATHYMETRY; COHERENT LIGHT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

COHERENCE ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; MULTIBEAMS; NOISE; SATELLITE GRAVITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; SPREADING RIDGE;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALTIMETER; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRYOSAT-2; ENVISAT-1; GRAVITY FIELD; JASON-1; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE MISSION; SEAFLOOR; UNDERWATER NOISE;

CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884413767     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-013-9190-8     Document Type: Article

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