Geodetic Features of the Ocean Surface and their Implications Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Despite the many similarities in 70174 Stuttgart Despite the many similarities in the economies of the United States and West Germany and the general free market orientation of their housing sectors such as soybeans a new understanding began to develop: it became evident that the field of Marine Geodesy could not be treated adequately from geodesists alone but that it needed close cooperation with related disciplines such as oceanography and marine geophysics The "geodetic features of the ocean surface" don't only reflect oceanographical but also marine geo physical aspects