Resolution of Seamount Geoid Anomalies Achieved by the SARAL/AltiKa and Envisat RA2 Satellite Radar Altimeters

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 644-671

  Smith, Walter H F ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bathymetric prediction; feature detection; Geodesy; signal to noise ratio; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ENVISAT; GEODESY; GEOID; JASON; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942906694     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2015.1014950     Document Type: Article

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