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For the comparison and correlation of altimetric sea level time series with tide gauge registrations a new surface approach is developed and applied to several tide gauges of the Caribbean sea. The approach allows to generate sea level time series from multi mission altimetry, it includes estimates for ocean tide errors that are supposed to increase near the coast and can be used for absolute comparisons if tide gauges reference points have been tied by GPS positioning.
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Acuña, G., Bosch, W., Meisel, B. (2002). Correlation Between Multi-Mission Altimeter Time Series and Tide Gauge Registrations in the Caribbean Sea. In: Drewes, H., Dodson, A.H., Fortes, L.P.S., Sánchez, L., Sandoval, P. (eds) Vertical Reference Systems. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04683-8_44
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