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Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-13-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-13-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Research article
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13 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2017

Observability of fine-scale ocean dynamics in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Rosemary Morrow, Alice Carret, Florence Birol, Fernando Nino, Guillaume Valladeau, Francois Boy, Celine Bachelier, and Bruno Zakardjian

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Spectral analyses of along-track altimetric data are used to estimate noise levels and observable ocean scales in the NW Mediterranean Sea. In winter, all altimetric missions can observe wavelengths down to 40–50 km (individual feature diameters of 20–25 km). In summer, SARAL can detect scales down to 35 km, whereas Jason-2 and CryoSat-2 with higher noise can only observe scales less than 50–55 km. Along-track altimeter data are also compared with collocated glider and coastal HF radar data.
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