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12.02.2016 ERS-2 reprocessing at CTOH for continental surfaces

The CTOH has reprocessed the original ERS-2 waveforms with a new implementation of the ICE-2 retracker algorithm. The new ERS-2 product includes new altimetric corrections and is tailored for continental surfaces.
11.02.2016 1-7 February 2016 week

Des vols transatlantiques plus longs à cause du réchauffement climatique (Le Monde, 2016/02/10)
Quantification de la vulnérabilité du bouclier de glace protégeant lâAntarctique (INSU, 2016/02/08)
Sentinel-3A fully tanked...[more]
04.02.2016 24-31 January 2016 week

Rééchauffement climatique: «Durant le 21e siècle, on sâattend à ce que les océans montent de 30cm à 1m» (20minutes, 2016/02/04)
Comment les icebergs géants pourraient aider à freiner le changement climatique...[more]
03.02.2016 February 2016: Thule Doris station's rising at different velocities

Doris station data analysis enables to closely monitor vertical Earth crustal motions and try and understand them.
28.01.2016 17-23 January 2016 week

La Méditerranée est proche du « burn-out » (Le Monde, 2016/01/19)
Jason-3 reaches orbit, will monitor global sea-level rise, hurricane intensity ( NOAA, 2016/01/17)
Jason-3 successfully launched (Eumetsat,...[more]
22.01.2016 Jason-3 mission returns first data

Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January. All the instruments were rapidly switched on. The first real-time Jason-3 data product was generated and compared with Jason-2, less than three days after launch.[more]
19.01.2016 Jason-3 altimeter first waveforms
The Jason-3 altimeter has provided its first waveforms and the analysis confirm the good behavior of the instrument.