On the uncertainty associated with detecting global and local mean sea level drifts on Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B altimetry missions

Jugier, Rémi; Ablain, Michaël; Fraudeau, Robin; Guerou, Adrien; Féménias, Pierre

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1263-2022

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1263-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1263-2022

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

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01 Sep 2022

Research article |

| 01 Sep 2022

On the uncertainty associated with detecting global and local mean sea level drifts on Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B altimetry missions

Rémi Jugier, Michaël Ablain, Robin Fraudeau, Adrien Guerou, and Pierre Féménias

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