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Marine Geodesy Volume 38, 2015 - Issue sup1: The SARAL/AltiKa Satellite Altimetry Mission
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Assessing the Measurement Consistency Between the Jason-2/AMR and SARAL/AltiKa/DFMR Microwave Radiometers Using Simultaneous Nadir Observations

Bin ZhangEarth Resource Technology, Silver Spring, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Changyong CaoNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS, STAR, College Park, MD, USA
,
John LillibridgeNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS, STAR, College Park, MD, USA
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Laury MillerNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS, STAR, College Park, MD, USA
Pages 143-155 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 07 Nov 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2015

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