Table 3. Standard deviations and correlations of the differences between current velocities and speeds estimated from AVISO SLA, AVISO+TG SLA fields and NH-10 ADCP (16.5 m depth) measurements as well as the slopes and y-intercepts of the linear regressions.

	s.d. (ms−1)	R (ADCP versus AVISO(+TG))	Slope	Intercept
U-ADCP minus U-AVISO	0.088	0.55	0.893	0.000
U-ADCP minus U-AVISO+TG	0.096	0.59	3.786	0.000
V-ADCP minus V-AVISO	0.176	0.51	1.378	0.000
V-ADCP minus V-AVISO+TG	0.142	0.73	0.819	0.000
Mag-ADCP minus Mag-AVISO	0.128	0.27	0.743	0.121
Mag-ADCP minus Mag-AVISO+TG	0.121	0.51	0.621	0.096