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07.02.2017 Feb. 2017: Tidal currents make a buoy's path spiral
Altimetry helped to improve the tide models, including tidal currents. A, Argonautica buoy path can be seen oscillating in rythm with those.
26.01.2017 15-22 January, 2017 week
Montée des océans : les scientifiques découvrent un élément préoccupant (Le Point, 2017/01/20)Comment le réchauffement climatique pourrait redessiner la carte du monde (Geo, 2017/01/19)Nouveau record de chaleur sur Terre en 2016...[more]
23.01.2017 Jason-3 mini-web sites contest now open
CNES is launching a contest for primary middle and high school classes, to design and feed a mini-web site on Jason-3, climate and environment.[more]
17.01.2017 Sentinel-3A : Short time Critical Value added products now available
Sentinel-3A CorSSH-L2P Short Time Critical (STC) products are released in pre-operational phase on 2017/01/17.[more]
17.01.2017 Jason-3's first birthday
One year ago, the Jason-3 satellite was successfully launched. [more]
12.01.2017 1-7 January 2017 week
L'océan, la matrice du climat (Vendée globe, 2017/01/04)Le changement climatique constitue une des plus grandes menaces pour la biodiversité (Actu-environnement, 2017/01/04)Coup de chaud sur l’Arctique mais froid record en...[more]
09.01.2017 January 2017: Wave model with ice
Wave models give better results when taking icebergs (detected by altimetry) into account.