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Bathymetry estimates in the southern oceans from Seasat altimetry

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A mean sea surface height based on Seasat altimeter data has been high-pass filtered to reveal a pattern of geoid anomalies which are highly correlated with sea-floor topography. The technique is used to locate new bathymetric features in the poorly surveyed southern oceans.

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Dixon, T., Parke, M. Bathymetry estimates in the southern oceans from Seasat altimetry. Nature 304, 406–411 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/304406a0

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