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Image of the Month
2010-03-12 March 2010: Eddies in the Gulf of Alaska
Eddies are conveyors of heat and nutrients among other things in the ocean. For a few years now mathematical techniques have been able to track and monitor these features in altimetry datasets, for example in the Gulf of Alaska.
Lively data
2010-02-25 Navidad current and North Atlantic Oscillation
The LAS is used to map the typical eddies (called swoddies) of the Navidad current. For this 2009-2010 winter, it is relatively well marked, correlated with a negative NAO index.
Other News ...
2010-03-11 Aviso Opendap, LAS and extraction service unavailable on Saturday March 13, 2010
Aviso Opendap, and thus LAS and extraction services will be unavailable due to maintenance on Saturday March 13, 2010. We apologize for the inconvenience. FTP and web site should be working as usual...
2010-03-10 1-6 March, 2010 week
Une carte du plancton (Sciences et Avenir, 2010/03/05)
Grosse fuite de méthane dans l'atmosphère depuis l'océan Arctique (AFP, 2010/03/05)
Un "continent" de déchets plastiques a été découvert dans l'Atlantique nord...
2010-03-02 The winter storm Xynthia seen by altimetry
The storm Xynthia crossed Western Europe on 26-28 February 2010. The combined effects of a strong atmospheric depression, high tides and strong winds caused extreme damages.
2010-03-01 22-27 February, 2010 week
Une carte du plancton (Le Nouvel Obs, 2010/02/26)
Un iceberg de la taille du Luxembourg dérive en antarctique (Le Parisien, 2010/02/26)
L'acidification des océans progresse à une vitesse sans précédent (Maxisciences,...
