Circulation and Winds: Exploring the Oceans with Satellites

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Table of contents

Large-Scale Winds

Thermohaline Circulation

Active Microwave Remote Sensing

T/P Measurement System

Altimeter Waveform

Example Sea Level from T/P

Surface Scattering

Example Wind Field - QuikSCAT

Exploring the Oceans with Satellites

El Nino - The Physical Mechanism

T/P Observations of El Nino

ENSO - Multi Satellite

The Pacific-Decadal Oscillation

PDO Observed from T/P

OGCM - Ag Eddies

T/P Eddy Tracking

Eddy Trajectory from T/P

Interannual Variations of Eddy Trajectories

Summary and Conclusions

Author: Donna Witter

E-mail: dwitter@ldeo.columbia.edu

Homepage: http://www.earth2class.org

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