Validation of Jason-2 altimeter data by waveform retracking over California coastal ocean

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 304-316

  Lee, Hyongki ^a   Shum, C K ^a   Emery, William ^b   Calmant, Stephane ^c   Deng, Xiaoli ^d   Kuo, Chung Yen ^e   Roesler, Carolyn ^b   Yi, Yuchan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

California coastal ocean; Jason 2; Modified threshold retracker; Waveform retracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949114902     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.488982     Document Type: Article

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