SMOS and aquarius/SAC-D missions: The era of spaceborne salinity measurements is about to begin

Oceanography from Space: Revisited

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-58

  Lagerloef, Gary ^a   Font, Jordi ^b  

^a EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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EID: 84892126433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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