Characteristics of the mesoscale variability in the Atlantic Ocean are investigated by analyzing the Geosat altimeter signal between 60°S and 60°N. The rms sea-surface variability for various frequency bands is studied, including the high-frequency eddy-containing band with periods <150 days. Wavenumber spectra and spatial eddy characteristics are analyzed over 10° by 10° boxes covering both hemispheres of the Atlantic Ocean. A comparison with solutions of a high-resolution numerical experiment, developed as the Community Modelling Effort of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, aids interpretation of the Geosat results in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic and provides a test of the model fluctuating eddy field. -from Authors
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Stammer, D., & Boning, C. W. (1992). Mesoscale variability in the Atlantic Ocean from Geosat altimetry and WOCE high-resolution numerical modeling. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22(7), 732–752. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1992)022<0732:MVITAO>2.0.CO;2
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