"The Future of Spaceborne Altimetry: Oceans and Climate 


Entry_ID:  GCRIO 033
GCRIO_Inventory:  1
Entry_Title: "The Future of Spaceborne Altimetry: Oceans and Climate 
Change"
Document_Author: Koblinsky, C.J. (editor)
Document_Author: Gaspar, P. (editor)

Document_Author: Lagerloef, G. (editor)

Agency_Name: NASA>National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Start_Date: March 1992

Group: Summary

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  Research Community



A 75-page report on the scientific rationale and the technical elements of

effective altimetric systems.



Document is written in French and English.

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Group: Data_Center

	Data_Center_Name: Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated

	Dataset_ID: same as Entry_Title

	Group: Data_Center_Contact

		Last_Name: None

		First_Name:  None

		Email:  JOI.Inc/Omnet

		Phone:  (202) 232-3900

		Fax:  (202) 232-8203

		Group: Address

			1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800

			Washington, DC 20036-2102

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Storage_Medium: 75 pages of printed matter

Parameter: Atmospheric Dynamics > Geopotential Height

Parameter: Geodynamic Features > Geodesy

Parameter: Geodynamic Features > Gravity Fields

Parameter: Geodynamic Features > Tectonophysics

Parameter: Geodynamic Features > Terrain Elevation

Parameter: Geography and Land Cover > Elevation

Parameter: Geography and Land Cover > Landforms

Parameter: Geography and Land Cover > Topographic Data

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Bathymetry

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Currents

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Sea Level

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Sea Surface Height

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Swell

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Tides

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Waves

Parameter: Ocean Dynamics > Winds

Parameter: Radiance and Imagery > Microwave

Discipline: Earth Science > Land

Discipline: Earth Science > Ocean

Location: Global

Keyword: NASA

Keyword: radar

Keyword: SAR

Keyword: Doppler Altimetry

Keyword: oceanography

Keyword: ocean circulation

Keyword: climate change

Keyword: climate forecasting

Keyword: climate prediction