Tests are ongoing to find the better model to compute river discharge estimation in preparation for SWOT

Typhoon as any tropical cyclones can be seen by a variety of space-based techniques, but radars are the only ones to observe at sea level.

Comparing in situ acoustic measurements and altimetry-based iceberg concentration show some correlations with specific events like the calving of B15A and C19 icebergs from the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica.

Looking over data quality, the CalVal teams showed that a high increase in cloud liquid water content was due to a rain cell overflown by the satellite.

A study combining bio-logging data of elephant seals and altimetry show that foraging predators concentrate their swimming effort on diving and therefore drift with the current.

Hydrographic data and altimetry reveal that the Lofoten Basin eddy is a stable, persistent feature playing a key role in the circulation of the Nordic Seas.

Readying for SWOT data to be used in hydrology applications

Early 2016, the LASER expedition launched 1000 drifters in the Gulf of Mexico, to be compared with AirSwot and satellite observations.

Storm surges can be estimated a little off the coasts by altimetry, waiting for high resolution Swot mission

Doris station data analysis enables to closely monitor vertical Earth crustal motions and try and understand them.

In December 2015, sea level anomalies have reached positive anomalies as high as during the 1997 El Niño in the eastern Pacific. However the positive sea level anomalies extend further to the west.