Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
2020-11-24The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite was launched at 18:17 (CET) on 21 November 2020 from Vandenberg air force base, California.
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Sentinel-6 ready to launch
2020-11-20"Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" is expected to launch on November 21, 2020: a new ocean observation mission begins to measure sea level with a regular, uniform and global coverage.
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SGDR+ Ice Sheet product
2020-11-19The SARAL/AltiKa SGDR+ Ice Sheet product has been produced in the frame of the Alti-Glacio project funded by the CNES. The goal is to provide to the cryosphere community users fields dedicated to ice sheet surface computed with innovative algorithms.
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Two years of CFOSAT!
2020-11-03CFOSAT has therefore been running for two years accumulating precious quality data which is now used daily for operational and scientific applications. It is undoubtedly a great technical and scientific success in a context of new international cooperation and promising for the future.
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Aviso+ Users Newsletter #17
2020-10-23Release of the 17th Aviso+ Users Newsletter, dedicated to meeting the needs of data users, and highlighting CNES altimetry-mission activities.
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Jason-CS A / Sentinel-6A at California Launch Site
2020-10-07The first follow-on to Jason-3, now part of the EU Copernicus programme under the name of Sentinel-6 is at launch site, for a lift-off planned on Nov. 10.
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[Jason-3] GDR-F Announcement
2020-10-07We are pleased to inform you that the Jason-3 GDR standard will upgrade to GDR-F on 2020 October, 29th
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Virtual OSTST meeting (19-23 October 2020)
2020-09-29The 2020 OSTST meeting is being held this year as a virtual meeting and maintained on the same week (Oct. 19-23) as originally scheduled. We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission is now open until October 16th midnight UTC.
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HaiYang-2B: now six altimeters to monitor the ocean in Near-Real-Time
2020-09-23Thanks to the good quality of the HaiYang-2B measurements, the integration of the mission in the operational system DUACS has been made on July 7th 2020 bringing to 6 the number of altimeter missions processed in Near-Real-Time in the system, which is unprecedented!
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Hurricane Laura seen by Altimeters
2020-09-01The altimeters have measured high values of Significant Wave Height and Wind Speed when flying over Laura Hurricane on August 25 and 26.
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Survey on visualization tools
2020-05-27OceanDataLab launches a survey to improve its visualization tools.
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OSTST CNES/EUMETSAT Joint Research Announcement 2020
2020-05-05CNES/EUMETSAT Joint Research Announcement (JRA) for the renewal of the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team
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Release of CFOSAT SWIM L2P SWH 1Hz Nadir product
2020-04-30A new Wave product from SWIM/CFOSAT instrument, along-track and of level 2 plus (L2P) is available on AVISO+.
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GPD+ Wet tropospheric correction disseminated by AVISO+
2020-04-28The GPD+ wet tropospheric correction, provided by the University of Porto, and present in the CTOH catalogue is now disseminated by AVISO+ with a temporal extension of Cryosat-2/Jason-2/Jason-3/Saral missions.
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CryoSat still cool at 10
2020-04-10April 8th 2020 marks 10 years since a Dnepr rocket blasted off from an underground silo in the remote desert steppe of Kazakhstan, launching one of ESA’s most remarkable Earth-observing satellites into orbit
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Release of the Altimetry Sea Ice product in version 2 from CTOH/LEGOS
2020-04-06The release of the Altimetry Sea Ice products in version 2 from CTOH/LEGOS includes Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Depth, Sea Ice Freeboard and associated parameters for Cryosat-2 and Envisat missions over Arctic and soon over Antarctic. It is available on AVISO+.
Read moreCopernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite was launched at 18:17 (CET) on 21 November 2020 from Vandenberg air force base, California.
Sentinel-6 ready to launch
"Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" is expected to launch on November 21, 2020: a new ocean observation mission begins to measure sea level with a regular, uniform and global c...
SGDR+ Ice Sheet product
The SARAL/AltiKa SGDR+ Ice Sheet product has been produced in the frame of the Alti-Glacio project funded by the CNES. The goal is to provide to the cryosphere community ...
Two years of CFOSAT!
CFOSAT has therefore been running for two years accumulating precious quality data which is now used daily for operational and scientific applications. It is undoubtedly ...
Aviso+ Users Newsletter #17
Release of the 17th Aviso+ Users Newsletter, dedicated to meeting the needs of data users, and highlighting CNES altimetry-mission activities.
Jason-CS A / Sentinel-6A at California Launch Site
The first follow-on to Jason-3, now part of the EU Copernicus programme under the name of Sentinel-6 is at launch site, for a lift-off planned on Nov. 10.
[Jason-3] GDR-F Announcement
We are pleased to inform you that the Jason-3 GDR standard will upgrade to GDR-F on 2020 October, 29th
Virtual OSTST meeting (19-23 October 2020)
The 2020 OSTST meeting is being held this year as a virtual meeting and maintained on the same week (Oct. 19-23) as originally scheduled. We are pleased to announce that...
HaiYang-2B: now six altimeters to monitor the ocean in Near-Real-Time
Thanks to the good quality of the HaiYang-2B measurements, the integration of the mission in the operational system DUACS has been made on July 7th 2020 bringing to 6 the...
Hurricane Laura seen by Altimeters
The altimeters have measured high values of Significant Wave Height and Wind Speed when flying over Laura Hurricane on August 25 and 26.
Survey on visualization tools
OceanDataLab launches a survey to improve its visualization tools.
OSTST CNES/EUMETSAT Joint Research Announcement 2020
CNES/EUMETSAT Joint Research Announcement (JRA) for the renewal of the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team
Release of CFOSAT SWIM L2P SWH 1Hz Nadir product
A new Wave product from SWIM/CFOSAT instrument, along-track and of level 2 plus (L2P) is available on AVISO+.
GPD+ Wet tropospheric correction disseminated by AVISO+
The GPD+ wet tropospheric correction, provided by the University of Porto, and present in the CTOH catalogue is now disseminated by AVISO+ with a temporal extension of Cr...
CryoSat still cool at 10
April 8th 2020 marks 10 years since a Dnepr rocket blasted off from an underground silo in the remote desert steppe of Kazakhstan, launching one of ESA’s most remarkable ...
Release of the Altimetry Sea Ice product in version 2 from CTOH/LEGOS
The release of the Altimetry Sea Ice products in version 2 from CTOH/LEGOS includes Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Depth, Sea Ice Freeboard and associated parameters for Cryosat...
- The Pantanal area experiences a very severe drought. Altimeters can measure such variations along their tracks.
2020-11-18 Information about Online Data Extraction Service ODES
2020-10-29 [Jason-3] Doris instrument recovered - OGDRs in standard F starting tomorrow
2020-10-28 [ Jason-3] Doris anomaly preventing altimetric products generation
2020-10-08 [CFOSAT] Upgrades of SCAT and SWIM processing versions
2020-07-28 [SARAL/AltiKa] GDR-F reprocessing on-going
- Information about AVISO+ products latency & quality, satellite status, DORIS beacons status, etc.
- Teachers and students, follow ocean buoys and animal beacons in the ocean!
- Download the new AVISOcean application (v2) to help you discover the oceans and altimetry. More than 700 users have already downloaded the app! Join them! Available on Android and Apple.
- The cryosphere plays an important role in moderating the global climate, and as such, the consequences of receding ice...
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