SKIM, a Candidate Satellite Mission Exploring Global Ocean Currents and Waves

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ardhuin, Fabrice, Brandt, Peter, Gaultier, Lucile, Donlon, Craig James, Battaglia, Alessandro, Boy, Francois, Casal, Tania, Chapron, Bertrand, Collard, Fabrice, Cravatte, Sophie, Delouis, Jean-Marc, De Witte, Erik, Dibarboure, Gerald, Engen, Geir, Johnsen, Harald, Lique, Camille, López-Dekker, Paco, Maes, Christophe, Martin, Adrien, Marie, Louis, Menemenlis, Dimitris, Nouguier, Frederic, Peureux, Charles, Rampal, Pierre, Ressler, Gerhard, Rio, Marie-Helene, Rommen, Bjorn, Shutler, Jamie D., Suess, Martin, Tsamados, Michel, Van Sebille, Erik, Ubelmann, Clement, Van Der Vorst, Maarten, Stammer, Detlef
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Collard; Lopez; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2607452; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00209

The Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) satellite mission is designed to explore ocean surface current and waves. This includes tropical currents, notably the poorly known patterns of divergence and their impact on the ocean heat budget, and monitoring of the emerging Arctic up to 82...