Using high sampling rate (10/20Hz) altimeter data for the observation of coastal surface currents: A case study over the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-333

  Birol, Florence ^a   Delebecque, Caroline ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal currents; Data processing; LPC current; North western Mediterranean Sea; Satellite altimetry; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; COASTAL CURRENTS; HIGH SAMPLING RATES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MEASUREMENT NOISE; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

DATA PROCESSING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LOW PASS FILTERS; SEA LEVEL;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

COASTAL CURRENT; FILTRATION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SAMPLING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84888431086     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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