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Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1657-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1657-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Research article
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10 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2024

Assessing the impact of future altimeter constellations in the Met Office global ocean forecasting system

Robert R. King, Matthew J. Martin, Lucile Gaultier, Jennifer Waters, Clément Ubelmann, and Craig Donlon

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We use simulations of our ocean forecasting system to compare the impact of additional altimeter observations from two proposed future satellite constellations. We found that, in our system, an altimeter constellation of 12 nadir altimeters produces improved predictions of sea surface height, surface currents, temperature, and salinity compared to a constellation of 2 wide-swath altimeters.
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