• a list of scientific publications about altimetry.
• See also on JPL website the Literature Database Search
• Doris Bibliography (IDS web site)

For children

• Tell me about the Oceans ,
  UNESCO Publishing / Nouvelle Arche de Noé Éditions, 2003
• Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1, surveyor of the ocean,
  BT Espace, PEMF, 2003

General public

• The changing ocean, Its effects on climate and living resources,
  B. Voiruriez, Unesco Publishing, 2003
• Understanding the Indian Ocean,
  T.S.S. Rao and Ray C. Griffiths, IOC Ocean Forum, Unesco Publishing, 1998
• Currents of change, El Niño's impact on climate and society,
  Michal H. Glantz, Cambridge University Press, 1996
• Coastal zone space - Prelude to conflict?,
  Edward D. Goldberg, IOC Ocean Forum, Unesco Publishing, 1994

For students

• Essentials of ocean science,
  Keith Stowe, J. Wiley & sons Ed., 1987
• The ocean basins: their structure and evolution,
  Open University, Pergamon Press, 1995
• Seawater: its composition, properties and behaviour,
  Open University, Butterworth Heinemenn, 1997
• Waves, tides and shallow-water processes,
  Open University, Butterworth Heinemenn, 1997
• Ocean Circulation,
  Open University, Pergamon Press, 1991

Specialized (for graduated students and scientists)

• Satellite altimetry and Earth sciences,
  L. Fu and A. Cazenave Ed., Academic Press
• Manual of remote sensing,
  R. Colwell Ed., American Society of Photogrammetry, 1983
• Satellite oceanography: an introduction for Oceanographers and Remote-sensing Scientists,
  I.S. Robinson, Ellis Horwood, 1985.
• Oceanographic applications of remote sensing,
  M. Ikeda and F. Dobson Ed., CRC Press, .

• The oceans,
  Scientific American, Special Issue, Fall 1998
• Observing the ocean by altimetry,
  Cnes magazine special issue, december 1998