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01.04.2016 April 2016: One thousand drifters and one future satellite in the Gulf of Mexico

Early 2016, the LASER expedition launched 1000 drifters in the Gulf of Mexico, to be compared with AirSwot and satellite observations.
24.03.2016 7-20 March, 2016 week

Réchauffement climatique: pourquoi les fortes pluies et les inondations vont se multiplier (LâObs, 2016/03/13)
Nansen Breaking Up with Antarctica (News observatory, 2016/03/10)
Sentinel-3A continues to impress (ESA,...[more]
10.03.2016 29 February-6 March 2016 week

Sentinel-3A rides the waves (ESA, 2016/03/04)
Latest EU Sentinel takes first ocean height data (BBC, 2016/03/03
El Niñoâs Shifting Winds (Earth Observatory, 2016/03/03)
La Grande barrière de corail présente des signes de...[more]
03.03.2016 15-28 February 2016 weeks

Durement touché par El Niño, le Lesotho craint la famine (Le Monde, 2016/02)
Sentinel-3 and the ocean carbon conundrum (ESA, 2016/022/25)
Toitures végétalisées : une arme efficace contre le réchauffement climatique ?...[more]
02.03.2016 March 2016: Storm in the Bay of Biscay

Storm surges can be estimated a little off the coasts by altimetry, waiting for high resolution Swot mission
29.02.2016 OSTST meeting 2016 at La Rochelle (France)

We are pleased to announce you the upcoming event that will held at La Rochelle from October 31st to November 4th 2016. "New era of altimetry, new challenges" will embrace 3 related events: IDS, SAR, OSTST.[more]
25.02.2016 Saral: three years in orbit!

Following the successful launch of the Saral mission three years ago, the reliability and performances of its Ka-band altimeter have been demonstrated. In the frame of PEACHI project, maps of sea ice extent in Arctic and...[more]