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06.12.2007 December 2007: What will next season be like?

Altimetry is helping seasonal forecast by providing information on the ocean dynamics.
20.11.2007 Mediterranean seasons

the change of the seasons in the Mediterranean can be seen using the LAS with the altimetry data.
20.11.2007 An African monsoon drier than usual

The monsoon also exists in Africa, the LAS becomes an interesting way to observe this phenomenon.
20.11.2007 "Explorators of the Seas" exhibition in Paris

Trocadero (Paris) from November 21 to December 2 2007[more]
02.11.2007 November 2007: The ocean is going up and down around the Solomon Islands

Regions of highest dynamic topography variability are in general regions of highest turbulence, like the Western boundary currents of all the oceans. However, some few regions also vary a lot, without our precise understanding of...
01.11.2007 3000th Argo float launched

During October 2007, the Argo program launched its 3000th profiling float[more]
11.10.2007 24 - 29 September 2007 week
- "Remarkable" drop in Arctic Sea Ice raises questions (earthobservatory.nasa, 2007/09/25)
- NASA finds Greenland snow melting hit record high in high places (earthobservatory.nasa, 2007/09/25)
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