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18.08.2008 Jason-2 for hydrology: good perspectives

Improvement of the altimetry data availability over lakes and rivers with respect to Jason-1's is one of the objectives of Jason-2. Results are promising, with much more measurements retrieved.[more]
18.08.2008 3rd cycle for Jason-2

Jason-2 completed its cycle #3, that saw the first tests of the coupling of the satellite tracking with a Digital Elevation model.[more]
12.08.2008 Jason-1 returning back to normal
Jason-1 is going out of safehold mode. See Operational news for more details[more]
08.08.2008 2nd cycle for Jason-2

Jason-2 completed its cycle #2 on 31 July 2008. Results remain very close to Jason-1. Cycle #3 should see the first tests of the coupling of the satellite tracking with a Digital Elevation model.[more]
08.08.2008 A new "News" category: Operational News
An "Operational News" category has been created. From now on, it will report information from the processing segments and from the satellites.
It begins with a Jason-1 Safehold mode.
06.08.2008 August 2008: Separating planetary waves from eddies

Planetary waves and eddies are features that can be observed in altimetry sea level anomaly maps. Separating them should enable to better understand both.
06.08.2008 July 28 - August 02, 2008 week
Toulouse prend le pouls de Jason-2 (CNES, 2008/07/31)
Pemières images de Jason-2 (Libération, 2008/07/31)
Jason-2 begins mapping oceans (Eumetsat, 2008/07/30)
ESA meets increasing demand for Earth observation data (ESA,...[more]