Merging altimeter data with Argo profiles to improve observation of tropical Pacific thermocline circulation and ENSO

Dongxiao Zhang, CICOES/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, United States, Tong Lee, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Fan Wang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States and William S. Kessler, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States