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28.10.2015 28 Septembre - 25 October, 2015 week
« La séquestration du CO2 dans l’océan, un critère important dans les modèles climatiques actuels (Taraexpéditions, 2015/10)Le phénomène climatique El Nino devrait amener crues et orages en Californie (La Côte,...[more]
27.10.2015 Hurricane Patricia seen by altimeters
Hurricanes Patricia in Eastern Pacific, seen by altimeters. An active hurricane 2015 season during a strong El Niño event.[more]
16.10.2015 Meteorology and rogue waves
"Altimetry applications in videos" produced by Cnes on the occasion of the Jason-3 launch, traces the many fileds where this technique is involved: here, the meteorology and rogue waves
14.10.2015 October 2015: A future insight to English Channel
Swot, with its large-swath, will be able to reproduce the most of extreme storm surges in the English Channel
12.10.2015 Special issue in Marine Geodesy : The SARAL/AltiKa Altimetry Satellite Mission
A special issue in Marine Geodesy review details some main features of today's Saral/AltiKa data.[more]
05.10.2015 An important step for the SWOT mission: Poseidon nadir altimeter contract signed between Cnes and Thales Alenia Space
Tuesday 29 September, CNES and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) signed the contract covering phase C/D of the Poseidon 3-C radar altimeter to be delivered for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission (SWOT).[more]
05.10.2015 Arctic
"Altimetry applications in videos" proposes here the satellite monitoring of Arctic sea ice that provides key indicators to assess the extent of climate change and give us a true picture of our planet.