'What makes this volume stand out is that it does not simply address remote sensing techniques, but explores the way in which new approaches to dynamical oceanography can be opened up when remote sensing and conventional observational techniques are combined in the design of large scale ocean circulation experiments. ...should find its place on many oceanographers' shelves as well as being essential for all remote sensing, marine and atmospheric science libraries.' International Journal of Remote Sensing, 6:9 (1985)

• Large Scale Oceanographic Experiments.- A Concept of WOCE.- TOGA Overview.- Altimetry.- Potential Future Altimetry Mission: A Joint NASA-CNES Effort.- A Sampling Strategy for Altimeter Measurements of the Global Statistics of Mesoscale Eddies.- Eddy Kinetic Energy Distribution in the Southern Ocean from Seasat Altimeter and FGGE Drifting Buoys.- Sea Surface Temperature.- Satellite Measurements of Sea-Surface Temperature for Climate Research.- Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Determination from Microwave and Infrared Radiometry.- Wind and Stress.- Ocean Surface Wind Stress.- Wind Speed and Stress over the Ocean: Scatterometer versus Surface Measurements.- A Summary of the Wind Data Available from Satellites from the Past History to Future Sensors.- Surface Heat Flux.- Large Scale Surface Heat Fluxes.- Earth Radiation Budget Observations, Old and New.- Surface Radiation Budget.- Estimation of Latent Heat Flux with Seasat-SMMR, a Case Study in N. Atlantic.- The Determination of Surface Fluxes of Heat and Water by Satellite Microwave Radiometry and in situ Measurements.- The Solar Heat Input into the Upper Marine Environment.- Summary of Discussion and Recommendations.- Altimetry.- Sea-Surface Temperature.- Surface Wind Velocity and Stress.- Ocean Surface Heat Flux.- Precipitation.- Acronyms and Definitions.- List of Participants.

'What makes this volume stand out is that it does not simply address remote sensing techniques, but explores the way in which new approaches to dynamical oceanography can be opened up when remote sensing and conventional observational techniques are combined in the design of large scale ocean circulation experiments. ...should find its place on many oceanographers' shelves as well as being essential for all remote sensing, marine and atmospheric science libraries.' International Journal of Remote Sensing, 6:9 (1985)

• Large Scale Oceanographic Experiments.- A Concept of WOCE.- TOGA Overview.- Altimetry.- Potential Future Altimetry Mission: A Joint NASA-CNES Effort.- A Sampling Strategy for Altimeter Measurements of the Global Statistics of Mesoscale Eddies.- Eddy Kinetic Energy Distribution in the Southern Ocean from Seasat Altimeter and FGGE Drifting Buoys.- Sea Surface Temperature.- Satellite Measurements of Sea-Surface Temperature for Climate Research.- Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Determination from Microwave and Infrared Radiometry.- Wind and Stress.- Ocean Surface Wind Stress.- Wind Speed and Stress over the Ocean: Scatterometer versus Surface Measurements.- A Summary of the Wind Data Available from Satellites from the Past History to Future Sensors.- Surface Heat Flux.- Large Scale Surface Heat Fluxes.- Earth Radiation Budget Observations, Old and New.- Surface Radiation Budget.- Estimation of Latent Heat Flux with Seasat-SMMR, a Case Study in N. Atlantic.- The Determination of Surface Fluxes of Heat and Water by Satellite Microwave Radiometry and in situ Measurements.- The Solar Heat Input into the Upper Marine Environment.- Summary of Discussion and Recommendations.- Altimetry.- Sea-Surface Temperature.- Surface Wind Velocity and Stress.- Ocean Surface Heat Flux.- Precipitation.- Acronyms and Definitions.- List of Participants.