What is it about?
Coastal altimetry is used, for the first time, to gain insight into the long-term interannual variations of the surface circulation in the Sicily Channel.
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Why is it important?
Our work proves that coastal altimetry can be a highly useful tool for obtaining long time series of the water transport over wild shelf coastal regions and with a relatively good spatial resolution. This is an important alternative for such study areas, specially when in-situ hydrographic measurements are scarce and there maintenance is costly.
Perspectives
Conducting this study for a better understanding of the evolution of the surface currents over the central Mediterranean sea was a great pleasure but also an exciting challenge. I hope this article would contribute to a greater involvement in the use of the altimetry observations among coastal oceanographers of the countries where the access to independent data remains an issue.
FATMA JEBRI
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This page is a summary of: Interannual Variations of Surface Currents and Transports in the Sicily Channel Derived From Coastal Altimetry, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/2017jc012836.
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