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09.11.2011 November 2011: the ocean is (in part) its own source of variability

Models enable to simulate the ocean. By changing the parameters of those models, the different influences and sources of the ocean variability (including the ocean itself) can be discriminated, and compared to altimetry...

03.11.2011 Leaflet Monitoring the ocean with altimetry

An updated leaflet is available; shortly explaining how altimetry and Doris work, and focusing on the altimetry applications.[more]

27.10.2011 17-23 october 2011 week

Tara Oceans tente de faire la lumière sur le continent plastique (Actu-environnement, 2011/10/22)

Les animaux rapetissent avec le réchauffement climatique (Le Figaro, 2011/10/19)

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20.10.2011 10-16 October 2011 week

Un satellite pour étudier le climat (le Figaro, 2011/10/12)

Explorer un lac souterrain en Antarctique pour comprendre le changement climatique (News Environnement, 2011/10/11)

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19.10.2011 Keops-2 Background and objectives

Fifty scientists are aboard the research vessel Marion Dufresne for the cruise Keops-2. A specific support from Cnes allows to deliver the satellite data in real-time and delayed-time, specifically processed for this area.[more]

13.10.2011 3-9 October 2011 week

La fonte accélérée et inexorable des glaciers pyrénéens (Maxisciences, 2011/10/05)

Les océans sont-ils tombés du ciel avec les comètes ? (Libération, 2011/10/05)

2011 Sea Ice Minimum (Earthobservatory,...[more]

12.10.2011 October 2011: Crustaceans off Chile

Comparisons between tiny crustaceans concentrations measured during an oceanographic campaign and geostrophic currents deduced from altimetry enable to better understand the distribution of zooplankton in the Humboldt current...