Altimeter analysis of ocean currents
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/590Location
California CurrentDOI
10.1575/1912/590Keyword
Altimeter data; ERS-1; California currentAbstract
Altimeter data from satellites are being used in an ongoing effort to obtain data sets with temporal as well as global coverage.
This report describes the algorithms formulated and the programs written for the use of altimeter data from the European Space
Agency (ESA) European Remote Sensing Satellite, ERS-1, for a repeat track analysis of ocean currents. It also presents some
results from the California Current region.
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