Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-613-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-613-2017
Review article
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17 Oct 2017
Review article |  | 17 Oct 2017

Remote sensing of ocean surface currents: a review of what is being observed and what is being assimilated

Jordi Isern-Fontanet, Joaquim Ballabrera-Poy, Antonio Turiel, and Emilio García-Ladona

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AR by Jordi Isern-Fontanet on behalf of the Authors (28 Jul 2017)  Manuscript 
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (14 Sep 2017) by Vicente Perez-Munuzuri
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ED: Publish as is (29 Sep 2017) by Vicente Perez-Munuzuri
AR by Jordi Isern-Fontanet on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2017)
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Short summary
Ocean currents play a key role in Earth’s climate – they are of major importance for navigation and human activities at sea and impact almost all processes that take place in the ocean. Nevertheless, their observation and forecasting are still difficult. Here, we review the main techniques used to derive surface currents from satellite measurements and the existing approaches to assimilate this information into ocean models.