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  • Ocean .
    • Sub-mesoscale circulation.
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    • Mesoscale circulation .
      • Mesoscale processes .
        • What are Mesoscale Processes ?.
        • Method for tracking eddies.
        • Global mesoscale surface currents.
        • Weekly position of two Southern Ocean fronts.
        • Lateral eddy diffusion coef.
        • Climatology near-inertial currents.
        • Scientific results.
      • Altimetry on eddies' tracks.
      • Multisensors .
      • Eddies around the world .
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    • Mean Sea Level, Greenhouse effect .
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  • Hydrology and land .
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  • Biology .
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Global mesoscale surface currents

The CTOH global surface current field is calculated from a combination of surface geostrophic current anomalies from altimetry, Ekman currents at 15 m depth from Quickscat scatterometry and the mean surface geostrophic circulation from a climatological mean sea surface product.

Description and access to the CTOH global surface current data product

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