The marine geoid and satellite altimetry

Oceanography from Space: Revisited

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 181-193

  Smith, Walter H F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84892041571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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