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12.09.2008 Hurricane Ike seen by Jason-2
Jason-2 made some measurements of hurricane Ike crossing the Gulf of Mexico.[more]
11.09.2008 Jason-2 on the tracks of the swell
Assimilation of altimetric data in models improve operational ocean forecasting systems.[more]
10.09.2008 1-6 September, 2008 week
Pyrénées : les glaciers auront disparu avant 2050 (La Dépêche, 2008/09/06) Hurricane Season 2008: Hurricane Gustav (Central Caribbean) (Nasa, 2008/09/03) Les calottes glaciaires peuvent fondre à une vitesse inattendue (Le...[more]
04.09.2008 Series of hurricanes in the Atlantic
Hurricane season is at its fullest in the Atlantic, with no less than 4 hurricanes or tropical storms. Three of them are visible on the same Jason-2 wind speed map.[more]
03.09.2008 18-30 august, 2008 weeks
Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low (ESA, 2008/08/28) La fonte du CO2 gelé en Arctique accélérera le réchauffement (Le Nouvel Observateur, 2008/08/25) Des éléphants de mer pour étudier les courants (Le...[more]
02.09.2008 September 2008: Altimetry to validate Argo
Altimetry can be used to check the quality of the global Argo in situ array of profiling floats
02.09.2008 Hurricane Gustav as seen by Jason-2
Jason-2 made some measurements showing among other things the Hurricane Gustav wind speed.[more]