CFOSAT : launch foreseen on October 29th, 2018
2018-09-14The launch of the Chinese/French satellite CFOSAT is scheduled on October 29th, 2018.
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1 - 9 September 2018 week
2018-09-12China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans (Spaceflight now, 09/09/2018) Increasing odds that Tropical Storm Florence will threaten East Coast (Axios, 07/09/2018) Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's how. (NBC news, 07/09/2018) Scientists find the reason why part of West Antarctic ice is thickening (Knowridge, 07/09/2018) World's biggest sovereign fund in Norway urges companies to help save oceans (First Post, 06/09/2018) Melting glaciers increasing risk of landsl...
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Aviso+ Users Newsletter #15
2018-09-10We are pleased to announce you the publication of the fifteenth Aviso+ Users Newsletter : CONTENTS: Project News: Ongoing and forthcoming missions, ongoing developmentsAviso+ User Satisfaction Survey 2018 : What are you telling us ?Toward a new generation of DUACS products with finer resolutionEvents Find all the past newsletters here.
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6 - 31 August 2018 weeks
2018-09-03The Most Powerful Storm of 2018 Is Headed Toward Japan (Earther, 31/08/2018) How a Battle to Build the Best Weather Model Impacts Everyone on Earth (Earther, 30/08/2018) Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify, increasing wildfire, drought risk (National Science Foundation, 28/08/2018) Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record (The Guardian, 21/08/2018) Why sea level rise varies from place to place (Science News, 15/08/2018) Humans are pushing the Earth ...
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World Water Week - 26 – 31 August, 2018
2018-08-30an international meeting on globe’s water issues
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23 July - 5 August 2018 weeks
2018-08-072017, nouvelle année rouge pour le climat (Les Echos 02/08/2018) Climat : 2017, année de tous les records (Le Monde 01/08/2018) Les océans toujours aussi chauds, leur niveau toujours plus haut (BFM 02/08/2018) Seuls 13% des océans sont encore sauvages (Le Temps 26/07/2018) Environ 90% des manchots de cette colonie ont disparu, et personne ne sait pourquoi (sciencepost 31/07/2018) Un affaiblissement de la circulation océanique en Atlantique ne ralentirait pas le réchauffement climatique, mai...
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Visual presentation of the ODATIS Ocean Cluster
2018-07-30ODATIS, Ocean Data Information and Services, serves as the entry point to access all French Ocean observation data. Its general objective is to promote and facilitate the use of ocean observations sampled by way of in situ and remote sensing measurements. ODATIS contributes to describing, quantifying and understanding the ocean as a whole — offshore and coastal — with regard to aspects such as the dynamics and thermodynamics of the ocean, the evolution of its physico-chemical properties, biogeoc...
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9 - 22 July 2018 weeks
2018-07-23Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong (Nautilus, 19/07/2018) Expected sea-level rise following Antarctic ice shelves' collapse (Science Daily, 19/07/2018) Reducing carbon emissions could limit sea level rise (Knowridge, 18/07/2018) The Water is Wider (Earth Observatory, 18/07/2018) Giant Iceberg Looming Over Greenland Village Is the Perfect Metaphor for 2018 (Earther, 18/07/2018) Reducing carbon emissions will limit sea level rise (Science Daily, 16/07/2018) Buried internet inf...
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2 - 8 July week
2018-07-12Baltic Sea oxygen levels at '1,500-year low due to human activity' (The Guardian, 05/07/2018) Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week (The Washington Post, 05/07/2018) Démarrage officiel de l’Observatoire spatial du climat (Air&Cosmos, 05/07/2018) Great Barrier Reef Imperiled as Heat Worsens Die-Offs, Experts Say (The New York Times, 04/07/2018) Les cyclones tropicaux sont plus lents, et donc potentiellement plus destructeurs (Pour la...
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25 June - 1 July 2018 week
2018-07-03Comment les satellites Jason ont révolutionné notre connaissance du climat (Futura Sciences, 30/06/2018) Politique américaine des océans : exit le climat (Science Presse, 29/06/2018) The Sounds of Satellites (Earth Observatory, 28/06/2018) Global surface area of rivers and streams is 45 percent higher than previously thought (Science Daily, 28/06/2018) Un œil sur l’océan (Télématin Sciences, 27/06/2018) Images satellitaires et drones, de nouveaux alliés contre le réchauffement climatiqu...
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New SSALTO/DUACS Experimental products delivery
2018-06-29We are proud to announce the release of the new AVISO+ SSALTO/DUACS experimental products. For 20 years, the DUACS system has been producing, as part of the CNES/SALP project, and the Copernicus Marine Environment and Monitoring Service (CMEMS), high quality multimission altimetry Sea Level products for oceanographic applications, climate forecasting centers, geophysics and biology communities .... While the operational production of the Sea Level along track and maps is now generated as part as...
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11 June -24 June 2018 weeks
2018-06-25Losing Ice in Svalbard (Earth Observatory, 25/06/2018) Goélette scientifique Tara, journal de bord n° 2 : les défis d’une navigation scientifique « propre » (Le Monde, 24/06/2018) Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds (BBC news, 23/06/2018) 10 raisons pour lesquelles le changement climatique nous passe au-dessus de la tête (Slate, 22/06/2018) Plastic Odyssey, ce bateau avance grâce aux déchets plastiques (Science Post, 22/06/2018) Une nouvelle étude révèle que les îles Brit...
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Happy Birthday Jason-2!
2018-06-21On June 20th, the OSTM/Jason-2 mission marks its 10th year in orbit.
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21 may - 10 june 2018 weeks
2018-06-14Widespread ocean anoxia was cause for past mass extinction (Science Daily, 21/05/2018) Des changements majeurs dans la répartition des réserves mondiales d’eau douce sont en cours (SciencePost, 21/05/2018) Researchers Hunting Microplastic with Jellyfish (Ocean News & Technology, 21/05/2018) Hawaï. Fumées acides avec la lave du Kilauea qui atteint l’océan (Le Télégramme, 22/05/2018) Le changement climatique peut-il augmenter le risque de gelées tardives ? (CNRS, 23/05/2018) The catastrop...
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14 - 20 May 2018 week
2018-05-25Deux satellites pour observer l'eau sur Terre (Sciences et Avenir, 18/05/2018) The Baltic Sea as a Time Machine (Ocean News & Technology, 14/05/2018) La NASA révèle l’impact du changement climatique sur les réserves mondiales d’eau douce (LCI, 18/05/2018) How large can a tsunami be in the Caribbean? (Science Daily, 16/05/2018) Pourquoi les éruptions du Kilauea à Hawaï ne refroidissent-elles pas le climat ? (Sud Ouest, 18/05/2018) Sur Europe, la lune glacée de Jupiter, il y a un océan su...
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23 April - 13 May 2018 weeks
2018-05-18On est allé dans la ville la plus au nord du monde et les effets du réchauffement climatique font froid dans le dos (France Info, 22/04/2018) Plastiques dans les océans : l'Ocean Cleanup va être lancé cet été (Le Vif, 23/04/2018) Comment les crevettes influencent le climat en brassant les océans (Le Monde, 24/04/2018) Taux record de microplastique dans l’océan Arctique (Le Monde, 25/04/2018) Les coraux face au réchauffement climatique (Futura Planète, 26/04/2018) Internal control helps cora...
Read moreCFOSAT : launch foreseen on October 29th, 2018
The launch of the Chinese/French satellite CFOSAT is scheduled on October 29th, 2018.
1 - 9 September 2018 week
China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans (Spaceflight now, 09/09/2018) Increasing odds that Tropical Storm Florence will threaten East Coast (Axios, 07/09/...
Aviso+ Users Newsletter #15
We are pleased to announce you the publication of the fifteenth Aviso+ Users Newsletter : CONTENTS: Project News: Ongoing and forthcoming missions, ...
6 - 31 August 2018 weeks
The Most Powerful Storm of 2018 Is Headed Toward Japan (Earther, 31/08/2018) How a Battle to Build the Best Weather Model Impacts Everyone on Earth (Earther, 30/08/201...
World Water Week - 26 – 31 August, 2018
an international meeting on globe’s water issues
23 July - 5 August 2018 weeks
2017, nouvelle année rouge pour le climat (Les Echos 02/08/2018) Climat : 2017, année de tous les records (Le Monde 01/08/2018) Les océans toujours aussi chauds, leur n...
Visual presentation of the ODATIS Ocean Cluster
ODATIS, Ocean Data Information and Services, serves as the entry point to access all French Ocean observation data. Its general objective is to promote and facilitate the...
9 - 22 July 2018 weeks
Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong (Nautilus, 19/07/2018) Expected sea-level rise following Antarctic ice shelves' collapse (Science Daily, 19/07/2018) R...
2 - 8 July week
Baltic Sea oxygen levels at '1,500-year low due to human activity' (The Guardian, 05/07/2018) Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world du...
25 June - 1 July 2018 week
Comment les satellites Jason ont révolutionné notre connaissance du climat (Futura Sciences, 30/06/2018) Politique américaine des océans : exit le climat (Science Pres...
New SSALTO/DUACS Experimental products delivery
We are proud to announce the release of the new AVISO+ SSALTO/DUACS experimental products. For 20 years, the DUACS system has been producing, as part of the CNES/SALP pro...
11 June -24 June 2018 weeks
Losing Ice in Svalbard (Earth Observatory, 25/06/2018) Goélette scientifique Tara, journal de bord n° 2 : les défis d’une navigation scientifique « propre » (Le Monde, 2...
Happy Birthday Jason-2!
On June 20th, the OSTM/Jason-2 mission marks its 10th year in orbit.
21 may - 10 june 2018 weeks
Widespread ocean anoxia was cause for past mass extinction (Science Daily, 21/05/2018) Des changements majeurs dans la répartition des réserves mondiales d’eau douce son...
14 - 20 May 2018 week
Deux satellites pour observer l'eau sur Terre (Sciences et Avenir, 18/05/2018) The Baltic Sea as a Time Machine (Ocean News & Technology, 14/05/2018) La NASA révèle...
23 April - 13 May 2018 weeks
On est allé dans la ville la plus au nord du monde et les effets du réchauffement climatique font froid dans le dos (France Info, 22/04/2018) Plastiques dans les océans ...
- Altimetry showns an increased steepness of waves interacting with currents accelerating abruptly. High quality...
August 2018: Waves steepen in accelerating currents 2018-09-06 [Sentinel-3A L2P] redelivery of NTC Sentinel-3A cycle 24 on September 6th 2018
2018-07-25 [JASON-2] : BACK TO OPERATIONS
2018-07-18 [JASON-2] : SATELLITE IN SAFE HOLD MODE SINCE WEDNESDAY JULY 18th 09:00 UTC
2018-06-05 Temporary unavailibility of AVISO+ Sea views
2018-05-22 Jason2 IGDR during last AMR anomaly have been disseminated on 2018/05/22
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- They are mostly individual waves of exceptional height and/or abnormal shape which cannot be detected with altimetry, as...
Rogue waves - Number and localization of AVISO+ visitors since Feb 11th, 2014. Yellow dots show recent visits.
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