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07.02.2020 Update of the El Nino Southern Oscillations (ENSO) index for the whole period 1993-ongoing

The ENSO index is computed with preprocessed altimeter sea level maps, which are corrected for the annual, seasonal and 60-day signals. However, the sea level maps are not corrected for the long-term trend, which directly affects...[more]
07.02.2020 Release of Sentinel-3 Peachi data (S-GDR)

New Sentinel-3 Peachi data are now available to users. These data comes from a LR-RMC processing[more]
05.02.2020 February 2020: Monitoring the small wobbles of our Earth's center of mass

The terrestrial crust moves around its geometrical center. This motion is smaller than the size of a cherry, but can be monitored using satellites and Doris.
24.01.2020 ANNY CAZENAVE LAUREATE OF THE 2020 VETLESEN PRIZE
Anny Cazenave, Emeritus Research Scientist at the LEGOS space geophysics and oceanography research laboratory, expert adviser to CNES and fellow of the French Academy of Sciences, is to receive the 2020 Vetlesen Prize for...[more]
17.01.2020 Release of the regional XTRACK Tidal Constants product

The XTRACK Tidal Constant is a new added-value coastal altimetry product. It provides accurate along-track tidal constant estimates at regional scale and includes all coastal seas in the world. This product usefully completes...[more]
07.01.2020 Lake Kariba level is very low

The lake Kariba is a reservoir lake on the Zambezi basin. Its level has been dropping for the past year and a half.[more]
02.01.2020 January 2020: Heat is going up in the Kerguelen fronts, following elephant seals

Combining altimetry heights and filaments with in situ data from marine animals'dive, the in-depth structure of a dynamic oceanic region such as the Kerguelen Island is better understood.