| Advances since SMP started... |
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| • | Full
suite of satellite sensors are in orbit |
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| – | Ocean
color |
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| – | Altimetry
(sea level, eddies, dynamics) |
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| – | SST
(air-sea exchanges) |
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| – | Scatterometry
(wind stress) |
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| – | Passive
& active radar (sea ice, SST, precip) |
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| • | Data
are freely available (but
difficult to use) |
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| • | Get forcing & some BGC response (just not all) |
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