Summary: Velocity vectors generated with the WT-MCC routine are next used to compute some higher order products (namely shear, divergence, and convergence rates) which are in turn used to estimate some of the forces involved in the ice momentum equation. Both these forces and the WT-MCC generated velocities are then compared with output from a numerical ice-ocean interaction model in an attempt to verify the model results. This idea of synthesizing satellite observations with numerical models to improve model results is still relatively new and shows a great deal of promise. Satellite observations are better suited to this task than previous methods of collecting field measurements, such as buoys, since satellites observations are often capable of spanning the same spatial extents as the numerical model and hence can provide a more comprehensive data set with which to compare.