Real-time Reconstruction of Surface Velocities from Satellite Observations in the Alboran Sea

Special issue Ten Years of Remote Sensing at Barcelona Expert Center.-- 18 pages, 11 figures, 1 table, 1 appendix .-- Altimetric data was produced by the GlobCurrent Data User Element project and is available through its web site: http://www.globcurrent.org. Infrared images are available through the Insitut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC) at https://coo.icm.csic.es/site-page/satellite-data as well as Sea Surface Salinity Maps

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