Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-893-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-893-2014
Research article
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10 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 10 Nov 2014

Evaluation of wet troposphere path delays from atmospheric reanalyses and radiometers and their impact on the altimeter sea level

J.-F. Legeais, M. Ablain, and S. Thao

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