REAPER reprocessing completed!
Published on 12 september 2014
The full-mission reprocessing of the ESA ERS Radar Altimetry (RA) Level 2 data has been completed and the new data set is now available.
Record breaking wave heights and periods in the North Atlantic
Published on 14 february 2011
The extra-tropical storm Quirin was caught blowing ocean waves up to significant heights of 20.1 m on February 14 in the middle of the Atlantic.
The Nephelae platform
Published on 29 august 2012
CERSAT conceived the Nephelae demonstration platform.
Real-time time detection of a Karenia mikimotoi bloom from space in the Western English Channel in July 2010
Published on 2 august 2008
The exceptional bloom of karenia mikimotoi tooks place in July 2010 in the Channel.
Chlorophyll evolution in the subtropical gyres
Published on 2 april 2009
The now available decade of satellite sea colour data gives us the opportunity to follow the evolution of the chlorophyll concentration on these poorly-cloudy areas.
Observing storm-generated swell from space
Published on 25 february 2008
International Polar Year: new Antarctic sea ice database
Published on 11 august 2007
15-year archive over the two polar areas.
Sea Ice circulation in the north pole
Published on 23 november 2002
A correlation analysis technique between successive maps is used to determine the movements animating this sea ice, mainly under the effect of the winds.
First validation results on JASON-1 altimeter
Published on 1 december 2001
Jason data quality from comparisons with other altimeters.
Ocean colour and phytoplankton flora
Published on 28 june 2013
A new Ocean Colour product is now available at CERSAT.
2012 Arctic sea ice melting reached a new record
Published on 21 september 2012
Following the downward trend of recent years, the area covered by sea ice in Arctic has reached its lowest value since satellite observations began at end of the 1970’s.
End of ERS-2 mission after 15 years
Published on 21 july 2011
ERS-2 was de-orbitated on 6th July, ending a 15 years long mission of earth observation.
Sea Surface Salinity measured from space for the first time !
Published on 31 december 2003
A new method was developed that combine C and X-band brightness temperature measurements over the ocean to retrieve for the first time salinity is from satellite microwave radiometer measurements
2008 New Release of Satellite Turbulent Fluxes
Published on 6 february 2008
The new turbulent fluxes are estimated using Fairall et al (2003) bulk algorithm. The resulting weekly and monthly 10-m wind speed (W), 10-m specific air humidity (Qa), 10-m air temperature (Ta), wind stress (tau), latent heat flux (LHF), and sensible heat (SHF) flux fields are first validated against weekly and monthly averaged in-situ data.
2007 Arctic sea ice melting: new record
Published on 21 september 2007
The month of September of this International Polar Year is marked by a record: Arctic sea ice has hit its lowest value since the beginning of satellite observations exist (almost 30 years).
The oil spills of Prestige tanker observed from space
Published on 13 november 2012
On 13th November 2002, the tanker Prestige was wrecked off Galice (Spain) after its crew was rescued.
CERSAT to release new satellite global mean wind fields
Published on 30 august 2002
CERSAT provides the scientific community with easy-to-use synoptic gridded fields of wind-related parameters estimated from observations by NASA scatterometer SeaWinds onboard QuikSCAT.