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20.05.2009 Current negociation in France about the sea: don't forget Operational Oceanography
A text by the Club des Argonautes (in French)
20.05.2009 Drawing formal mapping error maps
A comparison on maps of merged SLA before/after the Jason-2 integration shows a formal error decreasing with the Jason-2 contribution.
20.05.2009 11-16 May, 2009 week
Réchauffement la hausse du niveau de la mer serait moins forte que prévu, selon une étude (Le Nouvel Observateur, 2009/05/15)
Loss of Ice from Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica (Eosnap, 2009/05/13)
Heavy Rain Floods Brazil...[more]
18.05.2009 Call for nominations to the scientific award "Christian Le Provost, océanographe"
Nominations are invited for the first scientific award "Christian Le Provost, océanographe".
This award is given to a young researcher for its significant achievements in fields of research in ocean dynamic: climate,...[more]
15.05.2009 April 2009: Flood in the Zambezi basin
Water levels in major rivers of the Zambezi basin are examined using altimetry data from the Jason-2 satellite, showing severe floods during the beginning of 2009.
15.05.2009 The DEM was successfully uploaded on OSTM/Jason-2
The DEM upload was finished the 13th of May around 13:15 UTC, and the altimeter Poseidon-3 was successfully restarted. The system will experience no more data loss due to this uploading, and the DEM assessment is currently...[more]
14.05.2009 Exceptional flood on the Amazon river
After months of heavy rains, the Amazon river sustains large floods. Satellite altimetry can make a major contribution for monitoring fluctuations in continental waters.[more]










