Over the ocean this includes: sea surface slope and surface current, significant wave height, wind speed and sea level from
radar altimetry at about 10 km resolution: sea surface temperature under cloud free conditions from the infrared radiometer at about 300 m resolution; chlorophyll a and phytoplankton from the imaging spectrometer under cloud free conditions at about 300 m resolution.
Coastal
altimetry, which provides detailed wave and sea level data in the coastal zone captured by specialist instruments called
radar altimeters on board satellites, is
at the heart of the project and scientists from NOC have been
at the cutting - edge of this technique.