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07.01.2015 January 2015: El Niño played hide and seek in 2014
Altimetry combined with others techniques enables to reconstruct the whole ocean in 3 dimensions.
07.01.2015 SWOT programme: CNES and Thales Alenia Space sign contract
CNES and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) signed a contract to develop the spacecraft bus for the French-U.S. SWOT satellite.[more]
18.12.2014 Online Data extraction service tutorial: how to use the tool for coastal studies
The new Online Data Extraction service (http://odes.altimetry.cnes.fr) rovides with X-Track coastal SLA data made by CTOH, with specific processing and corrections applied. This is THE tool to go and select only the parameters...
08.12.2014 December 2014: Sahelian dry and wet seasons seen by altimetry
Altimetry enable to monitor soil moisture in semi-arid areas like Sahel
04.12.2014 Online Data extraction service tutorial: how to use the tool to extract experimental data for hydrology
The new Online Data Extraction service (http://odes.altimetry.cnes.fr) can be used to extract only some fields within the hydrology experimental data over the Parana river for hydrology studies. See the screencast tutorial.
01.12.2014 16-23 November 2014 week
Le dernier siècle de l’ours polaire (Le Monde, 2014/11/26)Iceberg B31 Heads West (Earthobservatory, 2014/11/22)Explorer les fonds marins (France Inter, 2012/11/20)Changement climatique et populations de poissons en Méditerranée...[more]
20.11.2014 Online Data extraction service tutorial: how to use the tool to extract Saral experimental data for ice studies
The new Online Data Extraction service (http://odes.altimetry.cnes.fr) can be used to extract only some fields within the Saral experimental data over the Kara and Barents sea for sea ice studies. See the screencast tutorial.