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Marine Geodesy Volume 33, 2010 - Issue sup1: OSTM/Jason-2 Calibration/Validation
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Relative Performance of the MLE3 and MLE4 Retracking Algorithms on Jason-2 Altimeter Waveforms

P. Thibaut Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Ramonville Saint-Agne, France
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J. C. Poisson Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Ramonville Saint-Agne, France
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E. Bronner Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse Cedex, France
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N. Picot Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse Cedex, France
Pages 317-335 | Received 06 Jan 2010, Accepted 28 Mar 2010, Published online: 09 Aug 2010

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