Ocean surface topography
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ocean-surface-topography-174-18534846
title:
Ocean surface topography
text:
Ocean surface topography or sea surface topography, also called ocean dynamic topography, are highs and lows on the ocean surface, similar to the hills and valleys of Earth's land surface depicted on a topographic map. These variations are expressed in terms of average sea surface height (SSH) relative to Earth's geoid. The main purpose of measuring ocean surface topography is to understand the large-scale ocean circulation.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Shape of the ocean surface relative to the geoid
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography
date created:
2004-02-29T04:42:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T00:22:01Z
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13
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