In situ absolute calibration and validation: A link from coastal to open-ocean altimetry

Coastal Altimetry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 259-296

  Bonnefond, P ^a   Haines, B J ^b   Watson, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altimetry; GPS; In situ instrumentation; Reference frame; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886210451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12796-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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