Observing the Ocean Variability in the Western Mediterranean Sea by Using Coastal Multi-Satellite Data and Models
Abstract
The spatial and temporal resolution of satellite altimetry is usually well adapted to the sampling of the sea surface topography of the open ocean. However, the coastal ocean dynamics are much more complex, being characterized by a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, which are more difficult to observe with a single altimetric satellite. Thus a coastal multi-satellite altimetric data set (Topex/Poseidon, Jason1, Envisat, GFO) has been derived from routine geophysical data products using a new processing software dedicated to coastal zone applications. We then compared this data set with Sea Surface Anomalies built from the 3D coastal model Symphonie ( run from 2001 to 2003 ) and to tide gauge records in the North Western Mediterranean Sea.
- Publication:
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ESA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- July 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006ESASP.614E..24B