Improved sea level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993-2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project

Ocean Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-82

  Ablain, M ^a   Cazenave, A ^b   Larnicol, G ^a   Balmaseda, M ^k   Cipollini, P ^g   Faugere Y ^a   Fernandes, M J ^j,n   Henry, O ^b   Johannessen, J A ^c   Knudsen, P ^f   Andersen, O ^f   Legeais, J ^a   Meyssignac, B ^b   Picot, N ^l   Roca, M ^h   Rudenko, S ⁱ   Scharffenberg, M G ^d   Stammer, D ^d   Timms, G ^e   Benveniste, J ^m  

^a CLS   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Telecommunication business unit   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h IsardSAT   (Spain)

ⁱ GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^k EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^l CNES   (France)

^m ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84920982481     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-11-67-2015     Document Type: Review

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