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2011-11-22 Flood in Southeast Asia

Major floods hit southeast Asia during the 2011 monsoon season. Hydrology-dedicated data from altimetry enable to monitor the water level over rivers.


2011-11-22 7-20 November 2011 weeks

Températures, océans, canicules: les indices du changement climatique (Tahiti infos, 2011/11/20) Le phénomène climatique la Niña est de retour (Maxisciences, 2011/11/18) Réduction de la production primaire par les tourbillons...


2011-11-17 Keops2: plankton bloom

The Keops-2 oceanographic cruise continues, with bio-chemical samplings in the eddies spotted by altimetry. Those help understand the microorganism developments with respect to dissolved iron, nitrogen, silicium, etc.


2011-11-10 24 October - 6 November 2011 weeks

Regain Arctique (ASP, 2011/11/07)  La fonte des glaciers s'accélère en Himalaya (MaxiSciences, 2011/10/30) "Des moussons encore plus fortes à l'avenir" (JDD, 2011/10/29) Lancement du premier satellite...


2011-11-09 November 2011: the ocean is (in part) its own source of variability

Models enable to simulate the ocean. By changing the parameters of those models, the different influences and sources of the ocean variability (including the ocean itself) can be discriminated, and compared to altimetry...


2011-11-03 Leaflet Monitoring the ocean with altimetry

An updated leaflet is available; shortly explaining how altimetry and Doris work, and focusing on the altimetry applications.