Ocean currents are a key component to understanding many oceanic and climatic phenomena and knowledge of them is crucial for both navigation and operational applications. Therefore, a key problem in oceanography is the estimation of the synoptic velocity field. Currently, global ocean surface velocities are routinely estimated from Sea Surface Height (SSH) measurements provided by altimeters. However, the separation between passes, as well as and the limited number of available altimeters leads to errors in the accurate location of oceanic currents when these measurements are used exclusively. Contrarily, satellite images of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) provide a good qualitative view of the location of ocean patterns, which has encoura...