What can satellite surface velocity observations bring in the Mercator system that altimetry observations cannot?

Mirouze, Isabelle

What can satellite surface velocity observations bring in the Mercator system that altimetry observations cannot?

Isabelle Mirouze¹, Elisabeth Rémy², Giovanni Ruggiero³, Mathieu Hamon², Jean-Michel Lellouche², Gérald Dibarboure⁴ and Yannice Faugere⁴, (1)Freelance consultant for Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France, (2)Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France, (3)Mercator Océan International, Toulouse, France, (4)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse, France