Sea Surface Height Spatial Models of Radar Altimetry for Oceanographic Phenomena Analysis

The paper especially focused on data compilations, processing, and the use of the sea-surface-height (SSH) to study oceanographic phenomena. SSH data was collected with permission from NOAA Ocean Watch data base. The numeric ASCII data was processed spatially using Er-Mapper geostatistical kriging method. Some potential application of it had been explored to reveal the phenomena of ITF Halmahera – Sorong, IOD at Indian ocean and Bali - Lombok - Timor straits, the phenomena of El Nino and La Nina, tide anomaly and tidal bore. The oceanographic phenomena in the Pacific Ocean such equatorial currents, Kuroshio and Oyashio. The possible application for coastal risk and hazards such as Tsunami wave, tidal flood, storm-surge for small islands and atolls.