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Assessment of SARAL/AltiKa Wave Height Measurements Relative to Buoy, Jason-2, and Cryosat-2 Data

Hector Hito SepulvedaUniversity of Concepcion, Geophysics Department, Concepcion, Chile
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Pierre QueffeulouIfremer, Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Spatiale, Plouzané, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fabrice ArdhuinIfremer, Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Spatiale, Plouzané, France;Laboratoire de Physique des Oceans, UMR 6523 CNRS-Ifremer-UBO-IRD, Brest, France
Pages 449-465 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 15 Dec 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2015

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