Post-processing altimeter data towards coastal applications and integration into coastal models

Coastal Altimetry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 217-246

  Roblou, L ^a,b   Lamouroux, J ^c   Bouffard, J ^d   Lyard, F ^a,b   Le Henaff M ^a,b   Lombard, A ^e   Marsaleix, P ^a,b   De Mey, P ^a,b   Birol, F ^a,b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NOVELTIS SA   (France)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal altimetry; Data correction retrieval; Data editing; Post processing; Regional de aliasing; Synergy with coastal models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886137243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12796-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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