2024 Images of the month
2024
- Dec. 2024: Detecting icebergs using altimetry to help marine safety
- Nov. 2024: Earthshaking waves from a landslide observed by Swot in a fjord
- Oct. 2024: Swot & swell
- Sep. 2024: Changing scale in eddy observation
- Aug. 2024: Gibraltar’s internal wave viewed by Swot
- Jul. 2024: Bay of Fundy tides seen by the FES2022 model
- Jun. 2024: Here comes La Niña?
- May 2024: Swot measurements help in seafloor mapping
- Apr. 2024: Ocean mirrors the (details of the) depths
- Mar. 2024: Sea ice observed by Swot
- Feb. 2024: A turtle in the English Channel's tidal currents
- Jan. 2024: Internal tides by Swot
2023
- Dec. 2023: Mega-icebergs seen by Swot
- Nov. 2023: Altimetry helps in coastal flood risk warnings
- Oct. 2023: Swot scans the Southern Ocean
- Sep. 2023: Sea Ice variations around Antarctica
- Aug. 2023: Assessing coastal vulnerability in Ghana
- Jul. 2023: Detecting eddies around Antarctica
- Jun. 2023: Doris validates GNSS-based ionospheric models
- May 2023: Swot in an Estuary-River system
- Apr. 2023: Calibrating Swot over the oceans
- Mar. 2023: A new Mean Dynamic Topography released
- Feb. 2023: Eddies from altimetry help understand northern elephant seals' behavior
- Jan. 2023: 30 years of El Niño by altimetry
2022
- Dec. 2022: Swot ready for launch
- Nov. 2022: Southern swell in wave spectra
- Oct. 2022: A new Swot mission validation site in brazilian Nordeste!
- Sep. 2022: Internal tides off the Amazon shelf change with the seasons
- Aug. 2022: Thirty years of continuous altimetry
- Jul. 2022: Filaments in the California Current
- Jun. 2022: Sargassum in the Loop current
- May 2022: A buoy in the Mozambique Channel
- Apr. 2022: Hand-over in orbit
- Mar. 2022: Swot and the vegetation around and within lakes
- Feb. 2022: The tsunami detected by altimeters after the Tonga eruption
- Jan. 2022: Ice on the Ob River retrieved by Jason
2021
- Dec. 2021: FSLEs help to forecast oil spill dispersion
- Nov. 2021: AI learning method to improve altimetry gridding
- Oct. 2021: Snow on sea ice
- Sep. 2021: A buoy spiraling over Burdwood Bank
- Aug. 2021: Understanding phytoplanktonic plumes around the Marquesas Islands
- Jul. 2021: Surface Measurements for Oceanographic Satellites: the SUMOS in-situ and airborne campaign
- June 2021: Swot and the lakes' winds
- May 2021: Typhoon Surigae in the eyes of radars
- Apr. 2021: Swot simulations of Sahelian ponds and lakes
- Mar. 2021: Eddies are spreading salt in the ocean
- Feb. 2021: Altimetry helps to monitor the Congo basin
- Jan. 2021: A new "First light" in the Jasons' family
2020
- Dec. 2020: Dispersion in the Mediterranean Sea
- Nov. 2020: Altimeters see Pantanal waters at their lowest
- Oct. 2020: Assessing storm impacts on the Mediterranean coasts
- Sep. 2020: Swot before Swot
- Aug. 2020: Tides off the Amazon River mouth
- May 2020: Lake Chad might be recovering
- Apr. 2020: Arcachon Bay between tides
- Mar. 2020: CFOSat
- Feb. 2020: Monitoring the small wobbles of our Earth's center of mass
- Jan. 2020: Heat is going up in the Kerguelen fronts, following elephant seals
2019
- Dec. 2019: Mean dynamic topography
- Nov. 2019: 2019 monsoon monitored using altimetry
- Oct. 2019: Monitoring an iceberg topography with altimetry
- Sep. 2019: Internal tides in the Solomon Sea change with ENSO phases
- Aug. 2019: Fifty years ago...
- Jul. 2019: Increasing wave power
- Jun. 2019: Modelling the flow
- May 2019: Liguro-Provençal current seen by in situ instruments and altimetry
- April 2019: Pantanal wetlands
- Mar. 2019: Focusing on small water bodies
- Feb. 2019: Sharks in eddies and meanders
- Jan. 2019: From La Niña to El Niño, Aviso Image of the Month 20th birthday!
2018
- Dec 2018: Retrieving hidden water contribution to river from space
- Nov. 2018: Simulating the North Atlantic ocean turbulence at one kilometer-scale
- Oct. 2018: A new satellite to measure winds and waves
- Sep. 2018: A buoy trapped in filaments
- Aug. 2018: Waves steepen in accelerating currents
- Jul. 2018: Adopting a Swot crossover for biophysical studies
- Jun. 2018: As the flood flows
- May 2018: Eddies' birth and decay around Antarctica
- Apr. 2018: Sea ice leads by two sentinels
- Mar. 2018: Flash flood at the river Têt mouth
- Feb. 2018: Mean Sea Level in New-Caledonia seen by tide gauges, altimetry and Doris
- Jan. 2018: Antarctic megadunes seen in a Digital Elevation Model from altimetry
2017
- Dec. 2017: Sea Level Rise impacts on Miami
- Nov. 2017: Tracking water bodies
- Oct. 2017: Plate tectonics
- Sep. 2017: 25 years, and many more to come
- Aug. 2017: Waves & currents
- Jul. 2017: Higher resolution knowledge of flooded areas over the whole Earth
- Jun. 2017: Eddies everywhere
- May 2017: Ocean mirrors the deep
- Apr. 2017: How El Niño and related sea level fall impacted indonesian corals
- Mar. 2017: Satellites see the highs and lows of the biggest lake in China
- Feb. 2017: Tidal currents make a buoy's path spiral
- Jan. 2017: Wave model with ice
2016
- Dec. 2016: Testing Algorithms
- Oct. 2016: A typhoon seen by satellites
- Sep. 2016: The Silent World disturbed by icebergs' noise
- Aug. 2016: It's raining under Jason-3
- Jul. 2016: Elephant seals and macaroni penguins follow threads
- June 2016: Turning around in the Lofoten eddy
- May 2016: Readying for SWOT data to be used in hydrology applications
- Apr. 2016: One thousand drifters and one (future) satellite in the Gulf of Mexico
- Mar. 2016: Storm in the Bay of Biscay
- Feb. 2016: Thule Doris station's rising at different velocities
- Jan. 2016: The 2015 El Niño: An extraordinary Modoki event?
2015
- Dec. 2015: Multi-year penguin tracking
- Nov. 2015: Saral measures gaps in sea ice
- Oct. 2015: A future insight to English Channel
- Jul. 2015: El Niño's return, West side story
- Jun. 2015: Current intruding on the continental shelf
- May 2015: Better gravity with drifting orbits
- Apr. 2015: Through Indonesia
- Mar. 2015: High tides at Mont Saint-Michel
- Feb. 2015: Small fishes in a big ocean
- Jan. 2015: El Niño played hide and seek in 2014
2014
2013
- Dec. 2013: Mediterranean tides on the move
- Nov. 2013: Typhoon Haiyan seen by Saral
- Oct. 2013: Salt and temperature vs altimetry
- Sep. 2013: Icebergs on the move
- Aug. 2013: 20 years of typhoons
- Jul. 2013: Ob bogs and wetlands
- Jun. 2013: Is the ground rising or the sea decreasing?
- May 2013: Drifting buoy
- Apr. 2013: Surface currents, a pinch of winds with altimetry
- Mar. 2013: Saral: 6 days old, and already measuring
- Feb. 2013: Alboran Sea eddies
- Jan. 2013: Salinity gets finer with altimetry
2012
- Dec. 2012: Winds and currents around India
- Nov. 2012: Arctic trends
- Oct. 2012: Accelerated eddy shedding
- Sep. 2012: Getting smaller details
- Aug. 2012: Altimetry, 20 years and still growing
- Jul. 2012: North Atlantic Subpolar front shifts
- Jun. 2012: Antarctica thinning seen by Envisat
- May 2012: Jellyfish on the move
- Apr. 2012: Phenomenal seas
- Mar. 2012: Following Kuroshio paths
- Feb. 2012: Up North
- Jan. 2012: Tsunami debris on the Pacific
2011
- Dec. 2011: Missing: water
- Nov. 2011: the ocean is (in part) its own source of variability
- Oct. 2011: Crustaceans off Chile
- Sep. 2011: Cold and warm eddies pair off Vietnam
- Aug. 2011: Southern swell
- Jul. 2011: Altimetry peaks at sea ice
- June 2011: Extreme wave heights
- May 2011: Between Africa and Madagascar
- Apr. 2011: Routing ships with the currents
- Mar. 2011: 177,000 eddies in the oceans
- Feb. 2011: "Lively currents" plus ten years
- Jan. 2011: La Niña's in turn to wreak havoc
2010
- Dec. 2010: An island "seen" by altimeter
- Nov. 2010: Mixing Argo and altimetry to estimate salt
- Sep. 2010: ASAR vs altimetry South of Africa
- Oct. 2010: Envisat measures up Antarctica
- Aug. 2010: Altimetry helps search for a wreck
- July 2010: North Atlantic Tides
- June 2010: Penguins at large
- May 2010: Finer currents
- Apr. 2010: Drought and flood in the Amazon basin
- Mar. 2010: Eddies in the Gulf of Alaska
- Feb. 2010: Arctic sea ice shrinks and thins
- Jan. 2010: Surface mirrors the deep
2009
- Dec. 2009: Understanding marine areas using satellites
- Nov. 2009: If it's not El Niño, then it must be his brother...
- Oct. 2009: Dumont d'Urville movements measured by Doris
- Sep. 2009: Birds track ocean eddies
- Aug. 2009: Gliding in the sea
- Jul. 2009: Jason-2 first year in orbit
- Jun. 2009: A corridor of eddies
- May 2009: Flood in the Zambezi basin
- Apr. 2009: Cruise around Kerguelen Island
- Mar. 2009: Striped ocean
- Feb. 2009: Water or ice?
- Jan. 2009: Lake heights and sizes from satellites
2008
- Dec. 2008: Monsoons in the altimetry corrections
- Nov. 2008: Counting icebergs
- Oct. 2008: Thread-like structures extracted from altimetry
- Sep. 2008: Altimetry to validate Argo
- Jul. 2008: Jason-2 on the tracks of Jason-1
- Jun. 2008: Sorting ice from space
- May 2008: Altimeters charts sea level
- Feb. 2008: Altimetry in Mesopotamia
- Jan. 2008: Like a stone carried away by the current
2007
- Dec. 2007: What will next season be like?
- Nov. 2007: The ocean is going up and down around the Solomon Islands
- Oct. 2007: South Atlantic Anomaly as seen by Doris
- Sep. 2007: Altimetry on eddies' tracks
- Aug. 2007: Altimetric views of a typhoon
- Jul. 2007: Cruising speed measurements
- Jun. 2007: Water flowing under the ice
- May 2007: Turns of the seasons in the Ocean
- Apr. 2007: Discovering a current in the 21st century
- Mar. 2007: Malaria and altimetry in the Amazon
- Feb. 2007: Ierapetra gyre pops in and out
- Jan. 2007: El Niño on time for Christmas
2006
- Dec. 2006: Five years in orbit for Jason-1
- Nov. 2006: Argonautica buoys around a Tehuantepec eddy
- Oct. 2006: Altimeter looks into the crevasses
- Sep. 2006: Mediterranean currents
- Aug. 2006: a multi-sensor's view on biology
- Jul. 2006: Closer to the coasts
- Jun. 2006: Tehuantepec eddies
- May 2006: Ice on Lake Baikal
- Apr. 2006: Beacons in the waveforms
- Mar. 2006: A long way to paddle home for a green turtle
- Feb. 2006: Heat moves with the eddies
- Jan. 2006: Merging of altimetry data: proofs from other measurements
2005
- Dec. 2005: Atmosphere puts pressure on the ocean
- Nov. 2005: Forecasting at oceans' scale
- Oct. 2005: Cryosat, an altimeter over ice
- Sep. 2005: Estimating Sea Surface Salinity
- Aug. 2005: Satellites shed light on the Kon Tiki story
- Jul. 2005: Several altimetry satellites for ocean forecasts
- Jun. 2005: Cloudy skies
- May 2005: Warm and cold eddies part ways
- Apr. 2005: Series of hurricanes
- Mar. 2005: Floats everywhere
- Feb. 2005: Brazil-Malvinas confluence
- Jan. 2005: Current heat
2004
- Dec. 2004: Jason-1: third year in orbit!
- Nov. 2004: A dual-frequency view of Antarctica
- Oct. 2004: Altimetry helps link bits and pieces of a current together
- Sep. 2004: Four satellites to watch over the Mediterranean
- Aug. 2004: Summer: wet monsoon season
- Jul. 2004: Leatherback turtles round eddies
- Jun. 2004: Nida: altimetric view of a typhoon
- May 2004: Ocean circulation with gravity
- Apr. 2004: Eddy-steered current
- Mar. 2004: Tuvalu islands under water
- Feb. 2004: Rogue waves
- Jan. 2004: Altimetry over land
2003
- Dec. 2003: Warm waters
- Nov. 2003: Aral Sea: nothing new under the Sun
- Oct. 2003: Black Sea forecasting
- Sep. 2003: Scaling the waves
- Aug. 2003: Sea salt seen by altimeters
- Jul. 2003: Currents steered by gaps in the ridges
- Jun. 2003: Combining sensors
- May 2003: Flying tandem
- Apr. 2003: A looping current
- Mar. 2003: Africa's Great Lakes
- Feb. 2003: Ocean currents
- Jan. 2003: Altimetry and phytoplankton
2002
- Dec. 2002: Ocean ridges
- Nov. 2002: El Niño under close scrutinies
- Oct. 2002: Summer current, winter current
- Sep. 2002: Adding an in-depth view to altimetry
- Aug. 2002: Gas in water
- Jul. 2002: Doris measures plate motion
- Jun. 2002: Undersea mountains slow down Earth rotation
- May 2002: "Planetary Waves": small amplitudes, large effects
- Apr. 2002: Resolution is the key
- Mar. 2002: A Mediterranean tour
- Feb. 2002: Well-calibrated measurements
- Jan. 2002: From Poseidon-1 to Poseidon-2
2001
- Dec. 2001: Earth's shifting poles
- Nov. 2001: Tides and the climate
- Oct. 2001: The Amazon under close surveillance
- Sep. 2001: Changing currents
- Aug. 2001: Currents, buoys and children
- Jul. 2001: Altimetry and lobsters
- Jun. 2001: An in-depth view
- May 2001: North Atlantic Oscillation makes waves
- Apr. 2001: Tracking hurricanes
- Mar. 2001: Mean rise in sea level is only part of the story
- Feb. 2001: Where does all the waste go?
- Jan. 2001: Mercator takes oceanography into the future
2000
- Dec. 2000: Climate prediction systems cut their teeth on El Niño
- Nov. 2000: Solar storm warning
- Oct. 2000: Sun and Moon shape tides on Earth
- Sep. 2000: Topex/Poseidon, eight years after
- Aug. 2000: A lake capped by ice
- Jul. 2000: Where currents meet
- Jun. 2000: Lively currents
- May 2000: Doris sees the seasons weighing on the Earth
- Apr. 2000: Rivers of ice in Antarctica
- Mar. 2000: Raindrops keep falling on the sea
- Feb. 2000: Waves across the water
- Jan. 2000: Water, water in the air
1999
- Dec. 1999: Measuring waves... with waves
- Nov. 1999: Eddies: two sides to the story
- Oct. 1999: Mediterranean tides are more than meets the eye
- Sep. 1999: Mare nostrum, Mare incognita ?
- Aug. 1999: Great Lakes as seen by Topex/Poseidon
- Jul. 1999: Aral Sea could be rising from the dust
- Jun. 1999: An eddy blown by the wind
- May 1999: A turbulent sea
- Apr. 1999: Jason-1 put to the test
- Mar 1999: Observing the ocean to improve forecasting
- Feb. 1999: Route du Rhum 1998
- Jan. 1999: A glassy sea... of ridges and valleys
