How to use altimetry for hydrology?
2019-01-21A document to explain altimetry for hydrology on Aviso+
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Jason-3's third birthday
2019-01-18On January 17th, Jason-3 celebrated the third anniversary of its launch after having orbited the Earth more than 14,000 times. But it was not just any anniversary.
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Presentation of Swot future data products for hydrology and oceanography
2019-01-17Information on what the future Swot products will be in terms of content, format, etc.
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17 December - 07 January 2019 Press review
2019-01-11How El Nino Impacts Solar and Wind Power Supply (WeatherNation, 07/01/2019) Study finds 2018 was fourth warmest on record: EU's Copernicus (Euronews, 07/01/2019) Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut (Eos, 02/01/2019) Vital ecosystems in tidal flats lost to development and rising sea levels (The Guardian, 28/12/2018) Deadly weather: the human cost of 2018's climate disasters – visual guide (The Guardian, 21/12/2018) Interpreting Mosaics of Ocean Bioge...
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1 - 16 December 2018 weeks
2018-12-18Snow over Antarctica buffered sea level rise during last century (Science Daily, 13/12/2018) Drones help map sea level rise (Phys.org, 12/12/2018) The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice — a startling sign of what’s to come (Washington Post, 11/12/2018) Argo finds ocean stores 90% of the Earth's heat and water is getting saltier (Daily Mail, 10/12/2018) Another El Niño on the horizon? (Esa, 07/12/2018) Ice loss in Greenland is Accelerating (Universe Today, 06/12/2018) Port...
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CFOSAT: the end of the Commissioning Phase
2018-12-05Since it was successfully launched on October 29th, 2018, CFOSAT satellite, SWIM and SCAT instruments have been tested and validated during the Commissioning Phase that ended few days ago.
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12 - 24 November 2018 weeks
2018-11-27How the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Helps Keep Antarctica Frozen (The Marine Executive, 24/11/2018) Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Is a Graveyard of Dead Continents (The New York Times, 23/11/2018) What a sinking island can tell us about sea-level change and earthquakes (Phys.org, 21/11/2018) How rare are November hurricanes? (EarthSky, 20/11/2018) The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans (Live science, 14/11/2018) Why Is the Gulf of Maine Warming Faster Than 99% of the Ocean? (EOS, 12/11/2018) Le...
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29 October - 12 November 2018 weeks
2018-11-12Hurricane Season Is Almost Over - So Why Are Meteorologists Watching The Caribbean? (Forbes, 11/11/2018) NASA IceBridge Flight Spots Massive Antarctic Iceberg B-46 (SciTechDaily, 11/11/2018) Still waiting on El Niño for winter 2018 (Surfline, 10/11/2018) An ice age lasting 115,000 years in two minutes (Phys.org, 06/11/2018) GRACE-FO resumes data collection (Space Daily, 05/11/2018) Deep Floats Reveal Complex Ocean Circulation Patterns (EOS, 05/11/2018) Sea level rise forcing Banglad...
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CFOSAT: first results
2018-11-09First results of SWIM instrument few days after the CFOSAT launch.
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CFOSAT: successful launch
2018-10-29This night at 00:43 UTC, 29th October 2018, the French-Chinese CFOSAT satellite was successfully launched from China.
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15 - 29 October 2018 weeks
2018-10-29France-China space cooperation - CFOSat in orbit (CNES, 29/10/2018) Long March 2C lofts CFOSAT for CNES (Nasa spaceflight, 28/10/2018) El Nino alert gives first indications for Christmas weather (News.com, 25/10/2018) Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs (Universe Today, 24/10/2018) State of the climate: New record ocean heat content and a growing El Niño (Carbon Brief, 23/10/2018) Mad scientists flip the Earth’s spin in climate models, watch water go nuts (Ars Technica, 17/10/20...
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CFOSAT: D-4 before the launch !
2018-10-26The French-Chinese CFOSAT satellite takes off next Monday from the Jiuquan Space Launch Center in China.
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CFOSAT : what happens before the launch in 10 days?
2018-10-19Ten days before the launch, all operations are nominal at the Jiuquan Space Launch Center in China.
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CFOSAT: pre-launch workshop
2018-10-11A meeting of CFOSAT pre-launch was held on 8-10 October 2018, at Ifremer in Brest (France).
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Copernicus Sentinel-3 improves observation of inland waters
2018-10-05While world-class scientists are meeting in the Azores to discuss how satellites have revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more, the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite has new reasons to shine.
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22 September - 5 October 2018 Weeks
2018-10-05The new normal? How climate change is making droughts worse (The Guardian, 03/10/2018) ICESat-2 laser fires for first time, measures Antarctic height (EurekAlert!, 03/10/2018) A rare combination of Category 5 storms in the Pacific (Axios, 02/10/2018) What caused the Indonesia tsunami and could lives have been saved? (The Guardian, 02/10/2018) Terrawatch: why did the quake in Sulawesi cause a tsunami? (The Guardian, 02/10/2018) Scientists solve a Southern Ocean climate change mystery (A...
Read moreHow to use altimetry for hydrology?
A document to explain altimetry for hydrology on Aviso+
Jason-3's third birthday
On January 17th, Jason-3 celebrated the third anniversary of its launch after having orbited the Earth more than 14,000 times. But it was not just any anniversary.
Presentation of Swot future data products for hydrology and oceanography
Information on what the future Swot products will be in terms of content, format, etc.
17 December - 07 January 2019 Press review
How El Nino Impacts Solar and Wind Power Supply (WeatherNation, 07/01/2019) Study finds 2018 was fourth warmest on record: EU's Copernicus (Euronews, 07/01...
1 - 16 December 2018 weeks
Snow over Antarctica buffered sea level rise during last century (Science Daily, 13/12/2018) Drones help map sea level rise (Phys.org, 12/12/2018) The Arctic Ocean ha...
CFOSAT: the end of the Commissioning Phase
Since it was successfully launched on October 29th, 2018, CFOSAT satellite, SWIM and SCAT instruments have been tested and validated during the Commissioning Phase that e...
12 - 24 November 2018 weeks
How the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Helps Keep Antarctica Frozen (The Marine Executive, 24/11/2018) Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Is a Graveyard of Dead Continents (The N...
29 October - 12 November 2018 weeks
Hurricane Season Is Almost Over - So Why Are Meteorologists Watching The Caribbean? (Forbes, 11/11/2018) NASA IceBridge Flight Spots Massive Antarctic Iceberg B-46&nbs...
CFOSAT: first results
First results of SWIM instrument few days after the CFOSAT launch.
CFOSAT: successful launch
This night at 00:43 UTC, 29th October 2018, the French-Chinese CFOSAT satellite was successfully launched from China.
15 - 29 October 2018 weeks
France-China space cooperation - CFOSat in orbit (CNES, 29/10/2018) Long March 2C lofts CFOSAT for CNES (Nasa spaceflight, 28/10/2018) El Nino alert gives first indicat...
CFOSAT: D-4 before the launch !
The French-Chinese CFOSAT satellite takes off next Monday from the Jiuquan Space Launch Center in China.
CFOSAT : what happens before the launch in 10 days?
Ten days before the launch, all operations are nominal at the Jiuquan Space Launch Center in China.
CFOSAT: pre-launch workshop
A meeting of CFOSAT pre-launch was held on 8-10 October 2018, at Ifremer in Brest (France).
Copernicus Sentinel-3 improves observation of inland waters
While world-class scientists are meeting in the Azores to discuss how satellites have revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more, the...
22 September - 5 October 2018 Weeks
The new normal? How climate change is making droughts worse (The Guardian, 03/10/2018) ICESat-2 laser fires for first time, measures Antarctic height (EurekAlert!, ...
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