Basin-scale ocean circulation from combined altimetric, tomographic and model data

Modelling alone cannot provide a comprehensive understanding of ocean circulation and its transport properties. High-quality acoustic-tomographic and altimetric data can be used to test the combined power of satellite altimetry and acoustic tomography for estimating oceanic flows. A detailed spatio-temporal record of flow over basin-scale volumes of fluid can be recovered from acoustic-tomographic and altimetric data using state-of-the-art numerical models.