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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-609-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-609-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Research article
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05 May 2022
Research article |  | 05 May 2022

Contribution of a constellation of two wide-swath altimetry missions to global ocean analysis and forecasting

Mounir Benkiran, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, and Gérald Dibarboure

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Feb 2022) by Andrew Moore
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Feb 2022)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Mar 2022) by Andrew Moore
AR by Mounir Benkiran on behalf of the Authors (14 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (21 Mar 2022) by Andrew Moore
AR by Mounir Benkiran on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2022)
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Short summary
The SSH analysis and 7 d forecast error will be globally reduced by almost 50 %. Surface current forecast errors should be equivalent to today’s surface current analysis errors or alternatively will be improved (variance error reduction) by 30 % at the surface and 50 % for 300 m depth. The resolution capabilities will be drastically improved and will be closer to 100 km wavelength as opposed to today where they are above 250 km (on average).
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