Aviso Newsletter 8

October 2001

• Jason-1 science plan, PDF (280 Kb)
  Y. Ménard^* and L. Fu
  
• Study of seasonal-to-decadal variability in the Tropical Atlantic using altimetry, models and in situ observations, PDF (228 Kb)
  S. Arnault^*
  
• Solving the "Electromagnetic Bias" Problem, PDF (89 Kb)
  D.D. Arnold^*, K.F. Warnick, F.W. Millet
  
• Mercator, Forecasting Global Ocean, PDF (359 Kb)
  P. Bahurel^*, P. De Mey, T. De Prada, E. Dombrowsky, P. Josse, C. Le Provost, P.-Y. Le Traon, A. Piacentini, L. Siefridt
  
• Towards high resolution operational ocean forecasting, PDF (216 Kb)
  M.J. Bell^*, A. Hines, M.J. Martin, M.E. McCulloch, D. Storkey
  
• Altimetric Ocean Heat Content Monitoring for the Study of Landfalling U.S. West Coast Winter Storms, PDF (257 Kb)
  G.H. Born^*, R.R. Leben, D.S. McCollum, J.M. Wilczak
  
• Development and validation of an ocean incremental 4D-Var assimilation scheme, PDF (384 Kb)
  J.-P. Boulanger^*, A. Weaver, J. Vialard, C. Menkes, P. Delecluse
  
• Application of Altimetry Measurements to Observational and Modeling Studies of Low-Frequency Upper Ocean Mass and Heat Circulation in the Tropical Pacific, PDF (135 Kb)
  A.J. Busalacchi^*, J. Picaut, R. Murtugudde, M.J. McPhaden, T. Delcroix, L. Gourdeau, Y. du Penhoat, J. Verron
  
• The MOTEVAS project (Mouvements Océaniques et TEctoniques Verticaux par Altimétrie Spatiale), PDF (304 Kb)
  S. Calman^* T. Delcroix, A. Cazenave, C.K. Shum
  
• Interannual sea level change at global and regional scales using Jason-1 altimetry, PDF (233 Kb)
  A. Cazenave^*, K. Do Minh, J.-F. Cretaux, C. Cabanes, S. Mangiarotti
  
• Altimetry research with Jason-1 at SOC, PDF (264 Kb)
  P. Challenor^*, P. Cipollini, D. Cromwell, C. Gommenginger, G. Quartly, H. Snaith, M. Srokosz, D. Woolf
  
• Global Geodynamics Investigation Using TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 Observations, PDF (170 Kb)
  B. F. Chao^*
  
• The Dynamics of Short-Term Ocean Climate Variability, PDF (353 Kb)
  D.B. Chelton^*, R.A. de Szoeke
  
• Using Satellite Altimetry to Improve Salinity in the NCEP Ocean Analysis Model, PDF (256 Kb)
  R. Cheney^*, L. Miller, C.K. Tai, J. Lillibridge, J. Kuhn, M. Ji, D. Behringer, F. Vossepoel
  
• Improving understanding and prediction of climate variability and change in the Australian region, PDF (300 Kb)
  J. Church^*, R. Coleman, I. Barton, N. Bindoff, G. Meyers, P. McIntosh, W. Mitchell, R. Morrow, K. Ridgway, S. Rintoul, A Schiller, D Webb, B de Cuevas, N White, J Wilkin, J Wolff
  
• A Co-ordinated Programme for Global Calibration/Validation of Altimeter Sea State Data, PDF (132 Kb)
  P.D. Cotton^*, D.J.T. Carter, P.G. Challenor, V.Yu. Kareev
  
• Multivariate Data Assimilation in Support of the Prediction of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, PDF (190 Kb)
  P. De Mey^*, N. Pinardi, M. Benkiran, P. Faucher, E. Demirov, S. Sparnocchia, F. Raicich, C. Maes, E. Dombrowsky, E. Greiner, F. Auclair, M. Gavart, P. Bahurel, J. Verron
  
• Merging altimetry and thermal imagery to estimate velocity in ocean boundary currents, PDF (398 Kb)
  W. Emery^*, J. Wilkin, M. Bowen
  
• Contribution of Space techniques to Jason-1 altimeter calibration, PDF (229 Kb)
  P. Exertier^*, P. Bonnefond, Yves Ménard
  
• Study and improvement of altimeter and radiometer data analysis and processing, PDF (149 Kb)
  L. Eymard^*, E. Obligis
  
• Estimation of Air-Sea Gas Transfer Using Jason-1 Dual-Frequency Normalized Backscatter, PDF (246 Kb)
  N.M. Frew^*, D.M. Glover, E.J. Bock
  
• Investigation of the Seasonal-to-Interannual Variabilities ofthe Ocean by Assimilating Satellite Altimetry and Ancillary Datainto Numerical Ocean Models, PDF (227 Kb)
  I. Fukumori^*, Y. Chao, L.-L. Fu, T. Lee, W.T. Liu, D. Menemenlis, V. Zlotnicki
  
• Gravity, Bathymetry, and Mesoscale Ocean Circulation from Altimetry, PDF (204 Kb)
  S.T. Gille^* and D.T. Sandwell
  
• Long internal waves study with applications to large-scale ocean transport and improvement of altimeter measurements, PDF (164 Kb)
  R. Glazman^*
  
• The Harvest Experiment, PDF (127 Kb)
  B. Haines^*, Y. Bar-Sever, G. Born, E. Christensen, S. Gill
  
• Calibration and Stability Assessment for POSEIDON-2 Altimeter, PDF (106 Kb)
  D.W. Hancock III^* and G.S. Hayne
  
• Mass, heat and salt transports in the western North Pacific, PDF (282 Kb)
  S. Imawaki^*, S. Aoki, Y. Fukuda, K. Ichikawa, S. Ito, H. Kawamura, M. Kubota, T. Kuragano, K. Matsumoto, T. Nagai, A. Sengoku, H. Yoritaka
  
• Jason monitoring and prediction capabilities on the continental shelf, PDF (198 Kb)
  G. A. Jacobs^*, C.N. Barron, P.J. Hogan, H.E. Hurlburt, H.T. Perkins, R.H. Preller, R.C. Rhodes, W.J. Teague, K.R. Whitmer
  
• Operational Monitoring of Mesoscale Ocean (VF), PDF (141 Kb)
  L. Kerleguer^*, P. Bahurel, R. Baraille, E. Dombrowsky, M. Gavart, S. Giraud, D. Jourdan
  
• Sea level variations in the North Atlantic and adjacent seas from multiple satellite sources, PDF (258 Kb)
  P. Knudsen^*, O. Andersen, J.L. Hoyer, A.A. Nielsen, K.B. Hilger, C.C. Tscherning, N. Hoejerslev, E. Buch, V. Hues
  
• The Application of Jason-1 Measurements to Estimate the Global Near Surface Ocean Circulation for Climate Research, PDF (216 Kb)
  C.J. Koblinsky^*, B.D. Beckley, P.P. Niiler, B. Cornuelle, N. Barth
  
• Ocean Forecasting and Altimetry, PDF (212 Kb)
  J.-M. Lefèvre^*, P. Josse, P. Dandin
  
• Ocean Response to Short Period Atmospheric and Tidal Forcings, PDF (354 Kb)
  C. Le Provost^*, L. Carrere, P. Gaspar, P.Y. Le Traon, F. Lyard, R. Ponte
  
• Multi-satellite altimeter processing for sea level and ocean circulation monitoring, PDF (316 Kb)
  P.-Y. Le Traon^*, C. Boone, G. Dibarboure, J. Dorandeu, N. Ducet, P. Gaspar, F. Hernandez, G. Larnicol, F. Ogor-Mertz, J. Stum
  
• Calibration of the TOPEX and Jason-1 altimeter microwave radiometers using VLBI and GPS derived tropospheric delays, PDF (178 Kb)
  D. MacMillan^*, Y. Bock, P. Fang, B. Beckley, C. Ma
  
• In situ tide gauge/GPS stations for monitoring the temporal drift of satellite altimeters, PDF (152 Kb)
  M. Merrifield^* and M. Bevis
  
• Studies of Tropical Variability, PDF (193 Kb)
  G.T. Mitchum^*, G.S.E. Lagerloef, A.J. Busalacchi
  
• Inter- and Intra-calibrations of TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 with inferences for decadal basin-scale sea-surface variability, PDF (124 Kb)
  P. Moore^*, J. Wang
  
• Low-frequency sea level variability in the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, PDF (279 Kb)
  R. Morrow^*, G. Reverdin
  
• An Investigation of Very Low Frequency Sea Level Change Using Satellite Altimeter Data, PDF (253 Kb)
  R.S. Nerem^*, G.T. Mitchum, B.S. Giese, E.W. Leuliette, D.P. Chambers
  
• Eddy and wave dynamics with TOPEX/POSEIDON And Jason-1 altimetry, PDF (259 Kb)
  J.J. O'Brien^*
  
• Interannual sea level variability in the Southern Ocean within the context of the global climate change, PDF (217 Kb)
  Y.-H. Park^*
  
• Using altimetry products for operational oceanography applied to tropical fisheries, PDF (240 Kb)
  M. Petit^*, M. Desruisseaux, D. Guyomard, P. Gaspar, F. Goujon, F. Poisson
  
• Testing a theory of El Niño with altimetry data: Recharge/discharge of the upper layer of the tropical Pacific Ocean, PDF (384 Kb)
  J. Picaut^*, A.J. Busalacchi, T. Delcroix, L. Gourdeau, M.J. McPhaden, R. Murtugudde, Y. du Penhoat, J. Verron
  
• Barotropic high-frequency sea level signals and the Jason-1 altimeter mission, PDF (182 Kb)
  R.M. Ponte^*
  
• South Atlantic ocean and Southern Ocean, PDF (300 Kb)
  C. Provost^*, F. Vivier, V. Garçon, I. Dadou, E. Machu
  
• Large-Scale Variability in the Midlatitude Subtropical and Subpolar North Pacific Ocean: Observations and Causes, PDF (224 Kb)
  B. Qiu^*
  
• Altimetric Studies of Ocean Tidal Dynamics, PDF (268 Kb)
  R.D. Ray^*, G.D. Egbert, D.E. Cartwright
  
• Jason-1 Precision Orbit Verification, PDF (146 Kb)
  J.C. Ries^*, B.D. Tapley, R.J. Eanes, H.J. Rim
  
• Estimation of Electromagnetic and Tracker Bias for Jason, PDF (124 Kb)
  E. Rodriguez^* and P.S. Callahan
  
• Combined studies of altimetric and subsurface data, PDF (432 Kb)
  D. Roemmich^*, B. Cornuelle, J. Sprintall
  
• Using Jason-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON data for seasonal climate prediction studies, PDF (239 Kb)
  P. Rogel^* and E. Maisonnave
  
• Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer On Orbit Validation, PDF (151 Kb)
  C. Ruf^*
  
• Ocean Circulation, Height Systems and Gravity Field Studies based on Jason-1 Altimetry, PDF (236 Kb)
  E.J.O. Schrama^*, M.C. Naeije, R. Scharroo, P.N.A.M. Visser, B.A.C. Ambrosius
  
• Ocean Circulation Determined from Jason Satellite Altimeter Data, PDF (170 Kb)
  J. Schröter^* and M. Wenzel
  
• Global Ocean Dynamic and Transports, PDF (295 Kb)
  D. Stammer^* and C. Wunsch
  
• A Jason educational program, PDF (166 Kb)
  R. Stewart^* and R. James
  
• Interactions of the Eastern and Western Boundary Systems Off South America and South Africa With the Large-Scale Circulation in the Southern Ocean, PDF (286 Kb)
  P.T. Strub^* and R.P. Matano
  
• Interannual to Decadal Ocean Variability and Predictability, PDF (237 Kb)
  R. Tokmakian^*, J. McClean , A.J. Semtner
  
• Dual-frequency altimetry for precipitation and wind studies, PDF (327 Kb)
  J. Tournadre^* and B. Chapron
  
• Ocean wave impacts on altimetry, PDF (181 Kb)
  D. Vandemark^*, B. Chapron, T. Elfouhaily, P. Gaspar, G.S. Hayne, D.W. Hancock III, G.T. Mitchum, D.R. Thompson, E.J. Walsh
  
• Low-Frequency Variability in the Southeastern Pacific, PDF (397 Kb)
  A. Vega^*, R. Abarca, Y. du Penhoat, B. Dewitte, O. Pizarro
  
• Advanced Altimeter Data Assimilation for the Development of Operational Oceanography, PDF (324 Kb)
  J. Verron^*, E. Blayo, J. Blum, P. Brasseur, T. Delcroix, P. De Mey, G. Evensen, L. Gourdeau, F.X. Le Dimet, D.T. Pham,J. Schröter
  
• Improved orbits and reference frame stability from GPS tracking of TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 to support basin scale sea level studies, PDF (99 Kb)
  M.M. Watkins^*, G.L. Kruizinga, B.J. Haines
  
• Oceanic Heat and Vorticity Budgets of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, PDF (315 Kb)
  W.B. White^*
  
• Studies of Sea Level and Ocean Circulation Variations and Tides, PDF (110 Kb)
  P.L. Woodworth^*, C.W. Hughes, T.F. Baker, X. Dong, R.A. Flather, J.M. Huthnance, H. Leach and R. Williams

Editorial board: Yves Ménard (CNES), Lee-Lueng Fu (NASA/JPL), Margaret Srinivasan (NASA/JPL), Patrick Vincent (CNES), Frédérique Blanc (CLS), Vinca Rosmorduc (CLS)

Acknowledgment: This special issue is based on contributions from all the members of the Jason-1 Science Working Team They are gratefully ackowledge. Special thanks in preparing this issue to Boyd Vincent, Géraldine Julien.

Design: D. Ducros