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Assessing the impact of future altimeter constellations in the Met Office global ocean forecasting system
Robert R. King
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Met Office, Exeter, UK
Matthew J. Martin
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Lucile Gaultier
OceanDataLab, Plouzané, France
Jennifer Waters
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Clément Ubelmann
DATLAS, Grenoble, France
Craig Donlon
ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
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Short summary
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.
We use simulations of our ocean forecasting system to compare the impact of additional altimeter...
