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2008-09-02 September 2008: Altimetry to validate Argo
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Altimetry can be used to check the quality of the global Argo in situ array of profiling floats
Lively data
2008-07-21 Steer due East around Antarctica
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The Eddy Kinetic Energy (EKE), easily represented with the LAS, shows strong activity at key locations like confluence of the waters and near important topographic thresholds.
Other News ...
2008-09-15 Ssalto/Duacs products updated
After the problem detected on Jason-1 the 2008/08/07, the Duacs data were reprocessed all over the period.
2008-09-12 Hurricane Ike seen by Jason-2
![Jason-2 measures wind speed along hurricane Ike'path. Jason-2 measures wind speed along hurricane Ike'path.](typo3temp/pics/aac86f1814.jpg)
Jason-2 made some measurements of hurricane Ike crossing the Gulf of Mexico.
2008-09-11 Jason-2 on the tracks of the swell
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Assimilation of altimetric data in models improve operational ocean forecasting systems.
2008-09-10 1-6 September, 2008 week
Pyrénées : les glaciers auront disparu avant 2050 (La Dépêche, 2008/09/06)
Hurricane Season 2008: Hurricane Gustav (Central Caribbean) (Nasa, 2008/09/03)
Les calottes glaciaires peuvent fondre à une vitesse inattendue (Le...
2008-09-04 Series of hurricanes in the Atlantic
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Hurricane season is at its fullest in the Atlantic, with no less than 4 hurricanes or tropical storms. Three of them are visible on the same Jason-2 wind speed map.