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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?