In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress
achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology …

The future international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, planned for
launch in 2021, will make high-resolution 2D observations of sea-surface height using SAR …

From microbes to large predators, there is increasing evidence that marine life is shaped by
short-lived submesoscales currents that are difficult to observe, model, and explain …

The element carbon plays a central role in climate and life on Earth. It is capable of moving
among the geosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere. This flow of …

Fine-scale currents, O (1–100 km, days–months), are actively involved in the transport and
transformation of biogeochemical tracers in the ocean. However, their overall impact on …

Oceanic submesoscale ageostrophic processes have been progressively recognized as an
important upwelling mechanism to close the nutrient budget and sustain the observed …

Ocean current is one of the major drivers of water mass, energy, and biogeochemical cycles
in the global ocean–atmosphere boundary layer and also a key variable in the formation of …

Many ocean fronts are known to feature enhanced primary and secondary production and
elevated biodiversity. The confluence of water masses on strong fronts promotes …

Mesoscale oceanic eddies contribute to the redistribution of resources needed for plankton
to thrive. However, due to their fluid-trap** capacity, they can also isolate plankton …

A long-standing challenge in oceanography is the observing, modeling, and prediction of
vertical transport, which links the sunlit and atmospherically mediated surface boundary …