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09.12.2016 21-27 November 2016 week

Le pôle Nord affiche des températures 20°C plus chaudes que la normale (Maxisciences, 2016/11/25)
NASA Selects Launch Services for Global Surface Water Survey Mission (JPL, 2016/11/22)
Les Vendée Globe, témoin des impacts...[more]
08.12.2016 CryoSat campaigns data to be studied in support for SWOT

Cryosat "SARIn" mode, using its two antennas, is meant for surfaces with steep slopes - so not open ocean, in particular. However, ESA has been rolling the satellite on its side to calibrate the instrument, generating an...[more]
06.12.2016 December 2016: Testing Algorithms

Tests are ongoing to find the better model to compute river discharge estimation in preparation for SWOT
17.11.2016 1-13 November 2016 weeks

La Méditerranée, laboratoire du changement climatique (Sciences et Avenir, 2016/11/02)Réchauffement climatique : fonte record de la banquise arctique en 2016 (MAJ) (Futura Sciences, 2016/11/02)Major environmental changes seen...[more]
14.11.2016 SWOT: Satellite technologies for water resources monitoring

In the frame of the COP22 in Marrakech, seven French institutions (AFD, CNES, IOWater, CNR, IRD, Irstea, BRLI) signed a group agreement on Friday 11 November under the patronage and in presence of Mrs. Ségolène Royal, French...[more]
03.11.2016 24-31 October 2016 week

International science meeting discusses achievements and prospects for Ocean Altimetry (Eumetsat, 2016/10/31)Nouvelle-Calédonie : un inventaire de la « biodiversité négligée » (Le Monde, 2016/10/31)Antarctique : un...[more]
27.10.2016 17-23 October 2016 week

La Grande barrière de corail est menacée : si on ne limite pas la pollution, elle mourra (Nouvelobs, 2016/10/23)
Réchauffement climatique : les pôles en danger (France culture, 2016/10/18)
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