INTRODUCTION: IMAGERY DATA ACQUIRED FROM SATELLITES ARE WIDELY USEFUL IN THE FIELD OF OCEANOGRAPHY. THESE DATA CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF OCEAN CIRCULATION, ARE USEFUL FOR MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE, CAN BE USED FOR NAVIGATION AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, AND ARE ALSO HELPFUL FOR IMPROVING MODELS OF OCEAN CIRCULATION, AIR-SEA INTERACTION, WEATHER FORECASTING, AND CLIMATE. …