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14.09.2011 September 2011: Cold and warm eddies pair off Vietnam
Altimetry enable to observe eddies all around the oceans. Some specific features show up from year to year, with some variability. They can thus be measured and studied.
13.09.2011 5-10 September 2011 week
La fonte des glaces arctiques bat un nouveau record, selon des chercheurs (Google, 2011/09/10) La guerre de l'eau : le Colorado dilapidé (Le Monde, 2011/09/09) Le phénomène La Nina sera actif cet hiver (News...[more]
09.09.2011 HY-2A : first data from Doris
Good results for the Doris instrument onboard the chinese satellite HY-2A. The orbit computation shows good quality.[more]
07.09.2011 23 August - 4 September 2011 weeks
Mieux prévoir El Niño (Le Figaro, 2011/08/25) Revealed: an ice sheet on the move (ESA, 2011/08/18) China's surge continues with HaiYang-2A launch via Long March 4B (NASA, 2011/08/15) Japan tsunami caused icebergs to break...[more]
26.08.2011 Arctic sea ice extent again observed below average
Arctic sea ice extent deduced from altimetry shows a lower-than-average surface again.[more]
23.08.2011 12-23 August 2011 weeks
Acidification des océans : des chercheurs sur les traces de l'acidification dans l'Arctique (Le Point, Actualités News Environnement, 2011/08/12) Climat : étudier le carbone des océans pour mieux prédire l’avenir climatique...[more]
17.08.2011 HY-2A: successful launch
the HY-2A satellite was successfully launched on August 16, 6h57 (local time) from China.[more]
