Images of the Month

Images of the month

2013

  • 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
  • Aug. 2008: Separating planetary waves from eddies
  • Jul. 2008: Jason-2 on the tracks of Jason-1
  • Jun. 2008: Sorting ice from space
  • May 2008: Altimeters charts sea level
  • Apr. 2008: Diving in an eddy
  • Mar. 2008: Black Sea's eddies
  • 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: Leartherback 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

    • 1998

  • Dec. 1998: El Niño is behind rise in sea level
  • Nov. 1998: From El Niño to La Niña?