The Harvest Experiment: Calibration of the Climate Data Record from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and the Ocean Surface Topography Mission

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 91-113

  Haines, Bruce J ^a   Desai, Shailen D ^a   Born, George H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration validation; GPS; Jason 1; Jason 2 OSTM; Satellite altimetry; sea level; TOPEX Poseidon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914151449     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.491028     Document Type: Article

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