Since 1993 ocean altimetry data has provided researchers and operational users like NOAA’s extreme weather units with valuable data to answer questions about ocean circulation, ocean dynamics, sea level rise, and hurricane intensities. Data and images are available in near real-time for some uses, and are used for a wide range of scientific as well as commercial and practical applications.
Click on the categories below to discover more about the valuable applications that derive from these important satellite missions.
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Although Earth's water cycle is dominated by the ocean, understanding its land-based component is vitally important.
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Over the past 28 years, the simultaneous operation of several satellite altimeter missions – along with the development of data merging techniques – have provided unique capabilities to observe the ocean in an operational manner.
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Altimetry data have been used to understand biology at large and small scales.
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Also visit the sites below for more on the applications of ocean altimetry data;
Applications of satellite altimetry (UCSD)
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