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13.09.2011 5-10 September 2011 week
La fonte des glaces arctiques bat un nouveau record, selon des chercheurs (Google, 2011/09/10)
La guerre de l'eau : le Colorado dilapidé (Le Monde, 2011/09/09)
Le phénomène La Nina sera actif cet hiver (News...[more]
09.09.2011 HY-2A : first data from Doris

Good results for the Doris instrument onboard the chinese satellite HY-2A. The orbit computation shows good quality.[more]
07.09.2011 23 August - 4 September 2011 weeks
Mieux prévoir El Niño (Le Figaro, 2011/08/25)
Revealed: an ice sheet on the move (ESA, 2011/08/18)
China's surge continues with HaiYang-2A launch via Long March 4B (NASA, 2011/08/15)
Japan tsunami caused icebergs to break...[more]
26.08.2011 Arctic sea ice extent again observed below average

Arctic sea ice extent deduced from altimetry shows a lower-than-average surface again.[more]
23.08.2011 12-23 August 2011 weeks
Acidification des océans : des chercheurs sur les traces de l'acidification dans l'Arctique (Le Point, Actualités News Environnement, 2011/08/12)
Climat : étudier le carbone des océans pour mieux prédire lâavenir climatique...[more]
17.08.2011 HY-2A: successful launch

the HY-2A satellite was successfully launched on August 16, 6h57 (local time) from China.[more]
11.08.2011 August 2011: Southern swell

Altimetry provides marine forecast models with wave heights over the whole oceans. Thus phenomena born at sea, like the Southern swells in the Indian ocean, can be better anticipated.