Toward 1-mGal accuracy in global marine gravity from CryoSat-2, Envisat, and Jason-1

Leading Edge

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 892-899

  Sandwell, David ^a   Garcia, Emmanuel ^a   Soofi, Khalid ^b   Wessel, Paul ^c   Chandler, Michael ^c   Smith, Walter H F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENT-OCEAN BOUNDARY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXPLORATION TOOLS; ISOSTATIC COMPENSATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RIFTED CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SUBMARINE CANYON;

MARINE RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYOSAT; ENVISAT; ERS; GEOSAT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRAVITY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY SURVEY; JASON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUBMARINE CANYON; UPLIFT;

EID: 84884416805     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/tle32080892.1     Document Type: Article

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