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14.01.2009 5-11 January, 2009 week
Changing Sea Ice along the Antarctic Peninsula (Earthobservatory, 2009/01/09)
Combien de temps faudrait-il pour remplir le lac Léman ? (Le Figaro, 2009/01/09)
Toujours plus de canicules (Le Monde, 2008/01/10)
Les sautes...[more]
12.01.2009 Jason-1 orbit change

The Jason-1 satellite will be moved to a new ground track on January 26, 2009 after the end of repeat cycle 259, after more than 7 years of service on the nominal ground track. The OSTM/Jason-2 satellite will continue the long...[more]
05.01.2009 January 2009: lake heights and sizes from satellites

Altimetry ability to monitor lakes level has been demonstrated. Imagery sensors enable to estimate the water surface area. Mixing altimetry and water surface area estimates give hydrologists the water volume needed to study lakes...
30.12.2008 15-26 December, 2008 weeks
Les changements climatiques en cours sont sans précédents depuis 5000 ans (Notre planète info, 2008/12/15)
Le changement climatique altère la composition chimique de l'océan (Notre planète info, 2008/12/22)
Arctique:...[more]
22.12.2008 Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) by the LAS

The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is an air-sea coupled climate mode in the Indian Ocean with some positive and negative events. Maps made with the LAS can easily draw the spatio-temporal evolution of this phenomena.
17.12.2008 8-13 december, 2008 week
Tempêtes dans l'atlantique (Le Monde, 2008/12/12)
Cyclones ; une saison 2008 très active dans une décennie exceptionnelle (Le Monde, 2008/12/12)
Envisat livre des données précieuses pour le "Vendée Globe" (ESA,...[more]
12.12.2008 OSTM/Jason-2 data available on Dec. 15th, 2008

The new OSTM/Jason-2 OGDR will start on 15 December on Eumetsat and Noaa Services.
The Operational Sensor (Geophysical) Data Record (OSDR/OGDR) is a new, real-time operational product specially developed for the Jason-2 mission....[more]