Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1091-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1091-2019
Research article
 | 
20 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 20 Aug 2019

On the resolutions of ocean altimetry maps

Maxime Ballarotta, Clément Ubelmann, Marie-Isabelle Pujol, Guillaume Taburet, Florent Fournier, Jean-François Legeais, Yannice Faugère, Antoine Delepoulle, Dudley Chelton, Gérald Dibarboure, and Nicolas Picot

Viewed

Total article views: 8,651 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
6,209 2,278 164 8,651 251 222
  • HTML: 6,209
  • PDF: 2,278
  • XML: 164
  • Total: 8,651
  • BibTeX: 251
  • EndNote: 222
Views and downloads (calculated since 07 Jan 2019)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 07 Jan 2019)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 8,651 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 7,880 with geography defined and 771 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 09 Jun 2026
Download
Short summary
This study investigates the resolving capabilities of the DUACS gridded products delivered through the CMEMS catalogue. Our method is based on the noise-to-signal ratio approach. While altimeter along-track data resolve scales on the order of a few tens of kilometers, we found that the merging of these along-track data into continuous maps in time and space leads to effective resolution ranging from ~ 800 km wavelength at the Equator to 100 km wavelength at high latitude.
Share