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Example image generated from ERS-2 Fast Delivery Copy Data
Current velocities of the GulfstreamExample of the use of ALT FDC data from TU-DELFT
Gulf Stream velocity fields are derived from near-realtime radar altimeter data of the European Remote Sensing Satellite ERS-2.
The altimetric heights are processed and disseminated by ESA/ESRIN and enhanced by NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry with the appropriate geophysical corrections and information on the satellite orbital altitude computed by DEOS. A full description description of the processing and some of the results (status 1997) can be found in the Florence paper by Lillibridge et al.
This page presents three maps of current velocities of the Gulf Stream in the vicinity of the East coast of North-America. Velocities are represented in meters per second. To get the approximate velocity in knots you have to multiply by 2 (1.9438445 to be precise).
These maps are updated daily and can also
be retrieved by means of anonymous
FTP.
Maintenance:
Remko Scharroo
(remko@deos.tudelft.nl)
Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry