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28.09.2018 New release of the Mesoscale Eddy Trajectory Atlas

We are pleased to announce the release of a AVISO+ dataset, the "Mesoscale Eddy Trajectory Atlas" product. [more]


21.09.2018 Live: 25 years of radar altimetry

The opening session of the 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry (Mon 24 Sep 08:55-13:00 UTC) will be live streamed for those who cannot unfortunately attend this event. [more]


21.09.2018 10 - 21 September 2018 weeks

Keeping score on Earth's rising seas (Nasa's Sea Level, 18/09/2018) Hurricane Florence is a climate change triple threat (The Guardian , 14/09/2018) ICESat-2: Tracking Earth's Ice with Unparalleled Detail (Space.com,...[more]


19.09.2018 Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut

Wind and waves seen by satellites Sentinel-1B and Sentinel_3A during typhoon Mangkhut

In September 2018, the hurricane Florence crossed the Atlantic Ocean and hits the US coasts. At the same time, the typhoon Mangkhut, in the Pacific ocean, hits the Chinese coasts. Illustrations from the satellite Sentinel-3A data...[more]


12.09.2018 1 - 9 September 2018 week

China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans (Spaceflight now, 09/09/2018) Increasing odds that Tropical Storm Florence will threaten East Coast (Axios, 07/09/2018) Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's...[more]


10.09.2018 Aviso+ Users Newsletter #15

Release of the 15th Aviso+ Users Newsletter, dedicated to meeting the needs of data users, and highlighting Cnes altimetry-mission activities.

We are pleased to announce you the publication of the fifteenth  Aviso+ Users Newsletter :  CONTENTS:  Project News: Ongoing and forthcoming missions, ongoing developmentsAviso+ User Satisfaction Survey 2018 :...[more]


03.09.2018 6 - 31 August 2018 weeks

The Most Powerful Storm of 2018 Is Headed Toward Japan (Earther, 31/08/2018) How a Battle to Build the Best Weather Model Impacts Everyone on Earth (Earther, 30/08/2018) Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify,...[more]