Florence Birol

TL;DR: In this article, satellite altimetry is used to study the propagation pathways of warm and cold ocean eddies in different ocean basins, and the case studies show that simple theories for vortex propagation on a βplane work in regions where energetic eddies propagate though a weak background flow.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a newly processed altimeter data set to present a hitherto unprecedented description of the spatiotemporal structure of the East India Coastal Current (EICC).

TL;DR: X-TRACK as mentioned in this paper is a post-processing software for satellite altimetry data in coastal ocean areas, which is tailored for extending the use of satellite data to coastal ocean applications and provides freely available along-track sea level anomaly time series that cover today all the coastal oceans.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the recent technical advances in processing and the new technological capabilities of satellite radar altimetry in the coastal zone and illustrate the fast-growing use of coastal data sets in coastal sea level research and applications, as highfrequency (tides and storm surge) and long-term sea level change studies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main forcing agents acting on coastal regions (e.g., sea level, winds, waves and currents, river runoff, sediment supply and transport, vertical land motions, land use) and the induced coastal response are discussed.