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22.11.2011 Flood in Southeast Asia
Major floods hit southeast Asia during the 2011 monsoon season. Hydrology-dedicated data from altimetry enable to monitor the water level over rivers.
22.11.2011 7-20 November 2011 weeks
Températures, océans, canicules: les indices du changement climatique (Tahiti infos, 2011/11/20)
Le phénomène climatique la Niña est de retour (Maxisciences, 2011/11/18)
Réduction de la production primaire par les tourbillons...[more]
17.11.2011 Keops2: plankton bloom
The Keops-2 oceanographic cruise continues, with bio-chemical samplings in the eddies spotted by altimetry. Those help understand the microorganism developments with respect to dissolved iron, nitrogen, silicium, etc.[more]
10.11.2011 24 October - 6 November 2011 weeks
Regain Arctique (ASP, 2011/11/07)
La fonte des glaciers s'accélère en Himalaya (MaxiSciences, 2011/10/30)
"Des moussons encore plus fortes à l'avenir" (JDD, 2011/10/29)
Lancement du premier satellite...[more]
09.11.2011 November 2011: the ocean is (in part) its own source of variability
Models enable to simulate the ocean. By changing the parameters of those models, the different influences and sources of the ocean variability (including the ocean itself) can be discriminated, and compared to altimetry...
03.11.2011 Leaflet Monitoring the ocean with altimetry
An updated leaflet is available; shortly explaining how altimetry and Doris work, and focusing on the altimetry applications.[more]