Deirdre Byrne, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, MD, United States, Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, STAR, Camp Springs, MD, United States, Eric W Leuliette, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Lynn K Shay, RSMAS/University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States and Jessica Maureen Burns, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC, United States