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Marine Geodesy Volume 38, 2015 - Issue sup1: The SARAL/AltiKa Satellite Altimetry Mission
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Validation of AltiKa Matching Pursuit Rain Flag

J. TournadreInstitut Français de Recherche pour L'exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Laboratoire d’Océanographie Spatiale, Plouzane, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. C. PoissonCollecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Space Oceanography Division, Saint Agne, France
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N. SteunouCentre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, France
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B. PicardCollecte Localisation Satellite (CLS), Space Oceanography Division, Saint Agne, France
Pages 107-123 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 02 Dec 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2015

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