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Published on 15 july 2019

Follow the ESA Earth Explorer-9 User Consultation Meeting live

Published on 15 july 2019

SKIM at the ESA Earth Explorer-9 User Consultation Meeting

Published on 11 july 2019

Doppler Oceanography from Space

Published on 18 september 2018

LOPS is hosting a 3-day workshop on "Doppler Oceanography from Space" to review the scientific challenges that existing and new Doppler radar instruments can help solve.

CFOSAT pre-launch meeting: 8 & 9 October Brest

Published on 19 july 2018

With launch less than 3 months away, the CFOSAT team is hosting a scientific workshop

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Ocean waves are strongly impacted by ocean current gradients, which are the source of most of the wave variability at horizontal scales under 200 km, with strong impact on air-sea fluxes

Tropical currents are not well known, as illustrated by this comparison of the CMEMS model and in situ PIRATA mooring measurements

These are the regions, according to numerical models, where stuff floating at the ocean surface will gather. But how well do we know these patches and the pathways that connects the pools of floating debris? Not very well ...