MODELING BATHYMETRY BY INVERTING SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA - A REVIEW

With the advent of satellite altimetry it has become possible to deter mine the gravity field of the oceans on a global scale. This set of da ta can be used to predict the bathymetry of deep-seafloor features suc h as seamounts and ridges. During the last two decades, several algori thms which can be used to develop bathymetric predictions from satelli te altimeter data have been published. The characteristics and quality of these algorithms are reviewed in this study. Based on this analysi s, we suggest some guidelines for processing data towards the producti on of maps showing predicted bathymetry for economical purposes.