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While processing gridded reanalysis data may entail information loss, existing direct fitting methods have limitations. Therefore, there is a pressing need for novel direct fitting approaches to enhance efficiency and accuracy in sea surface height fitting. This study demonstrates the viability of Legendre polynomial surface fitting, benchmarked against bicubic quasi-uniform B-spline surface fitting, which has been proven to be a well-established direct fitting method. Despite slightly superior accuracy exhibited by bicubic quasi-uniform B-spline surface fitting under identical order combinations, Legendre polynomial surface fitting offers a simpler structure and enhanced controllability. However, it is pertinent to note that significant expansion of the spatial scope of fitting often results in decreased fitting efficacy. 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