• Dorandeu, J., and P.-Y. Le Traon, 1999: Effects of global mean atmospheric pressure variations on mean sea level changes from Topex/Poseidon, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 1279-1283.
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Mean Sea Surface

• Schaeffer P., Y. Faugere, J. F. Legeais, A. Ollivier, T. Guinle, N. Picot (2012), The CNES CLS11 Global Mean Sea Surface Computed from 16 Years of Satellite Altimeter Data. Marine Geodesy, 2012, Special Issue, Jason-2, Vol.35.
• Hernandez, F., M.-H. Calvez, J. Dorandeu, Y. Faugère, F. Mertz, and P. Schaeffer, 2000: Surface Moyenne Océanique: Support scientifique à la mission altimétrique Jason-1, et à une mission micro-satellite altimétrique. Contrat Ssalto 2945 - Lot 2 - A.1. Rapport d'avancement. Rapport n° CLS/DOS/NT/00.313, édité par CLS, Ramonville St Agne. pp. 40.
• Hernandez, F., and P. Schaeffer, 2000: Altimetric Mean Sea Surfaces and Gravity Anomaly maps inter-comparisons. Rapport n° AVI-NT-011-5242-CLS, ed. CLS, Ramonville St Agne. pp. 48.

Mean dynamic topography

MDT_CNES-CLS09

• Rio, M. H., S. Guinehut, and G. Larnicol (2011), New CNES-CLS09 global mean dynamic topography computed from the combination of GRACE data, altimetry, and in situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C07018, doi:10.1029/2010JC006505. [JGR link]
• Rio M.H., Faugere Y., Schaeffer P., Moreaux G., Bourgogne S., Lemoine J.M., Bronner  E. , Picot N., The New CNES‐CLS09 global Mean Dynamic Topography computed from the combination of GRACE data, altimetry and in‐situ measurements. Oral presentation ESA's Living Planet Symposium, June 2010 (pdf).
• Rio, M-H, P. Schaeffer, G. Moreaux, J-M Lemoine, E. Bronner (2009) : A new Mean Dynamic Topography computed over the global ocean from GRACE data, altimetry and in-situ measurements . Poster communication at OceanObs09 symposium, 21-25 September 2009, Venice (pdf). 

Rio03

• Hernandez, F., P.-Y. Le Traon, and R. Morrow, Mapping mesoscale variability of the Azores Current using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 altimetry, together with hydrographic and Lagrangian measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24995-25006, 1995.
• Le Traon, P.-Y. and F. Hernandez, Mapping the oceanic mesoscale circulation: validation of satellite altimetry using surface drifters, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Techn., 9, 687-698, 1992.
• Rio, M.-H., Combinaison de données in situ, altimétriques et gravimétriques pour l'estimation d'une topographie dynamique moyenne globale, Ed. CLS. PhD Thesis, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France), 260pp, 2003.
• Rio, M.-H. and F. Hernandez, High frequency response of wind-driven currents measured by drifting buoys and altimetry over the world ocean,  J. Geophys. Res., 108, 39-1, 2003.

Rio05

• Rio M.-H., F. Hernandez, A mean dynamic topography computed over the world ocean from altimetry, in situ measurements, and a geoid model, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C12032, 2004.
• Rio, M.-H., Schaeffer, P., Lemoine, J.-M., Hernandez, F., Estimation of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography through the combination of altimetric data, in-situ measurements and GRACE geoid: From global to regional studies, Proceedings of the GOCINA international workshop, Luxembourg, 2005.

RioMed

• Rio M.H., P.M. Poulain and al. "A Mean Dynamic Topography of the Mediterranean Sea computed from altimetric data, in-situ measurements and a general circulation model." Journal of Marine Systems 65: 484-508 2007.
• Rio M.H., Poulain P-M, Pascal A., Mauri E., Larnicol G., Santoleri R., A mean dynamic topography of the Mediterranean Sea computer from altimeter data, in situ measurements and a general circulation model, J. Mar. Sys., 2005.

Le Grand inverse model

• Le Grand, P., Impact of the gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer (GOCE) mission on ocean circulation estimates. Volume fluxes in a climatological inverse model of the Atlantic,  J. Geophys. Res., 106, 19597-19610, 2001.
• Le Grand, P., H. Mercier, and T. Reynaud, Combining T/P altimetric data with hydrographic data to estimate the mean dynamic topography of the North Atlantic and improve the geoid, Annales Geophysicae, 16, 638-650, 1998.
• Le Grand, P., E. J. O. Schrama, and J. Tournadre, An inverse estimate of the dynamic topography of the ocean, Geophys. Res. Let. 30, 1062, 2003.

Levitus Climatology

• Levitus, S., R. Burgett, and T. P. Boyer, World ocean atlas 1994 volume 3 : Salinity, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 3, 99 pp, 1994.
• Levitus, S. and T. P. Boyer, World ocean atlas 1994 volume 4 : Temperature, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 4, 117 pp, 1994.

OCCAM model

• Killworth, P. D., OCCAM: the Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project, International WOCE Newsletter, 18, 20-22, 1995.
• Killworth, P. D., C. Dieterich, C. Le Provost, A. Oschlies, and J. Willebrand, Assimilation of altimetric data and mean sea surface height into an eddy-permitting model of the North Atlantic, Progr. in Oceanography, 48, 313-335, 2001.
• Fox, A. D., K. Haines, B. A. de Cuevas, and D. J. Webb, Altimeter assimilation in the OCCAM global model. Part I & II: A twin experiment & TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 assimilation, J. Mar. Sys., 26, 303-323 & 323-347, 2000.
• Troccoli, A. and K. Haines, Use of the Temperature-Salinity relation in data assimilation context, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 16, 2011-2025, 1999.

Tide model

FES2012

• Carrère L., F. Lyard, M. Cancet, A. Guillot, L. Roblou, FES2012: A new global tidal model taking taking advantage of nearly 20 years of altimetry, Proceedings of meeting "20 Years of Altimetry", Venice 2012.

FES2004

• Lyard, F., F. Lefèvre, T. Letellier and O. Francis. Modelling the global ocean tides: a modern insight from FES2004, Ocean Dynamics, 56, 394-415, 2006.

FES99

• Le Provost, C., M.L. Genco, F. Lyard, P. Vincent, and P. Canceil, Spectroscopy of the world ocean tides from a finite element hydrodynamic model, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 24,777-24,797, 1994.
• Le Provost, C., F. Lyard, J.M. Molines, M.L. Genco, and F. Rabilloud, A hydrodynamic ocean tide model improved by assimilating a satellite altimeter-derived data set, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 5513-5529, 1998.
• Le Provost, C., and P. Vincent, Some tests of precision for a finite element model of ocean tides, J. Comput. Phys., 65, 273-291, 1986.
• Lefèvre, F., F.H. Lyard, and C. Le Provost, FES98: a new global tide finite element solution independent of altimetry, Geophys. Res. Let., 27 (17), 2717-2720, 2000.
• Lefèvre, F., F. Lyard, C. Le Provost, and E.J.O. Schrama, FES99 : a tide finite element solution assimilating tide gauge and altimetric information, J. Atm. Oceano. Tech., 19 (9), 1345-1356, 2002.

Atmospheric corrections

Dynamic Atmospheric correction 

• Carrère L. et al., Poster presentation at OSTST 2011: Improving the dynamic atmospheric correction for mean sea level and operational applications of atimetry (pdf) 
• Carrère, L., Etude et modélisation de la réponse haute fréquence de l'océan global aux forçages météorologiques, PhD Thesis, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France).
• Carrère, L. and Lyard F., Modelling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing - comparisons with observations, Geophys. Res. Let., 30(6), pp 1275, 2003.
• Dorandeu, J. and P. Y. Le Traon, Effects of Global Mean Atmospheric Pressure Variations on Mean Sea Level Changes from TOPEX/Poseidon, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 16, 1279-1283, 1999.
• Lynch, D.R. and Gray W.G, A wave equation model for finite element tidal computations, Computers and Fluids, 7, pp 207-228, 1979.
• Pascual, A., M. Marcos, and D. Gomis (2008), Comparing the sea level response to pressure and wind forcing of two barotropic models: Validation with tide gauge and altimetry data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07011, doi:10.1029/2007JC004459.

• Ablain, M., S. Philipps, 2006, Topex/Poseidon 2005 annual validation report, Topex/Poseidon validation activities, 13 years of T/P data (GDR-Ms)
• Carrère, L. and F. Lyard, 2003: Modeling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing – comparison with observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(6), 1275.
• Cartwright, D. E., R. J. Tayler, 1971, "New computations of the tide-generating potential," Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 23, 45-74.
• Cartwright, D. E., A. C. Edden, 1973, "Corrected tables of tidal harmonics," Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 33, 253-264.
• Gaspar, P., and F. Ogor, 1996, Estimation and analysis of the sea state bias of the new ERS-1 and ERS-2 altimetric data, (OPR version 6). Technical Report. IFREMER/CLS Contract n° 96/2.246 002/C. (CLS/DOS/NT/96.041).
• Labroue S., 2007 : RA2 ocean and MWR measurement long term monitoring, 2007 report for WP3, Task 2 - SSB estimation for RA2 altimeter. Contract 17293/03/I-OL. CLS-DOS-NT-07-198, 53pp. CLS Ramonville St. Agne
• Labroue, S., P. Gaspar, J. Dorandeu, F. Mertz, OZ. Zanifé, 2006, Overview of the Improvements Made on the Empirical Determination of the Sea State Bias Correction, 15 years of progress in radar altimetry Symposium, Venice, Italy, 2006
• Ray, R., 1999: A Global Ocean Tide model from Topex/Poseidon Altimetry, GOT99.2. Rapport n° NASA/TM-1999-209478, Goddard Space Flight Center Ed., NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA. pp. 58.
• Scharroo, R., J. Lillibridge, and W.H.F. Smith, 2004: Cross-calibration and long-term monitoring of the Microwave Radiometers of ERS, Topex, GFO, Jason-1 and Envisat. Marine Geodesy, 97.
• Tran, N., S. Labroue, S. Philipps, E. Bronner, and N. Picot, 2010 : Overview and Update of the Sea State Bias Corrections for the Jason-2, Jason-1 and TOPEX Missions. Marine Geodesy, accepted.
• USO correction: more information about this Envisat correction is available on http://earth.esa.int/pcs/envisat/ra2/auxdata/
• Wahr, J. W., 1985, "Deformation of the Earth induced by polar motion," J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 90, 9363-9368.