TRADITIONAL OPEN-OCEAN ALTIMETRY HAS HAD A LIMITED CAPACITY TO OBSERVE THE POLAR OCEANS BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES OF INTERPRETING RADAR RETRIEVALS SCATTERED FROM AN ICE-COVERED OCEAN SURFACE. THE PAUCITY OF HIGH-LATITUDE SEA SURFACE HEIGHT OBSERVATIONS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED OUR ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE

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