On combining satellite altimetry with hydrographic data

Authors

Dean Roemmich, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.
Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A.

Abstract

It is shown, by random construction of many sea surfaces, each consistent with geostrophy and mass conservation in the underlying ocean, that absolute sea surface topography relative to a geopotential surface can be estimated to 10 cm accuracy from appropriate in situ measurements of density....

Recommended Citation

Roemmich, Dean, and Carl Wunsch. 1982. "On combining satellite altimetry with hydrographic data." Journal of Marine Research 40, (S). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1659