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Science 6 July 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4401, pp. 11 - 17
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4401.11
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Remote Sensing of Surface Ocean Circulation with Satellite Altimetry

R. S. Mather , C. Rizos , and R. Coleman

The Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite (GEOS-3) radar altimeter has provided some information on the dynamic sea-surface topography of the global oceans. Regional studies of the densely surveyed Sargasso Sea indicate that the average nontidal variability of the oceans is ± 28 centimeters. Sea-surface highs and lows determined from GEOS-3 altimetry correlate favorably with eddy structures inferred from Nimbus-6 infrared imagery.

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