Reading Resources : Altimeter
Satellite altimeters provide accurate measures of significant wave height and wind speed.
Video from the MOOC "Oceans from Space" giving a 1-minute introduction to altimetry data.
Video from the MOOC "Oceans from Space" gives a brief overview of the history of altimetry data.
Read-only the Altimeter chapter which is part of the "Using Scatterometer Wind and Altimeter Wave Estimates in Marine Forecasting" module.
Note: Meted modules required registration