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Marine Geodesy Volume 18, 1995 - Issue 1-2: Topex/Poseidon calibration/Validation
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Altimeter footprint dimensions

Michael E. Parke Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Center for Aerodynamics Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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Edward J. Walsh Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA; assignment at the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, R/E/ET6, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
Pages 129-137 | Published online: 10 Jan 2009

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