Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences: A Handbook of Techniques and Applications
463 pages | Dec 12, 2008 |ISBN:0122695453 | PDF | 57.5 Mb

The new level of precision and global coverage provided by satellite altimetry is rapidly advancing studies of ocean circulation. It allows for new insights into marine geodesy, ice sheet movements, plate tectonics, and for the first time provides high-resolution bathymetry for previously unmapped regions of our watery planet and crucial information on the large-scale ocean features on intra-season to interannual time scales