Altimeter Gallery

Altimetry Principle


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Altimetry Principle

Sea Level Anomalies measured by Cryosat-2 around Arctic


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Sea Level Anomalies measured by Cryosat-2 around Arctic

Artist view of the future Jason-3 satellite (Cnes/Nasa/Eumetsat/Noaa)


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Artist view of the future Jason-3 satellite (Cnes/Nasa/Eumetsat/Noaa)

Map of sea level trend over the 1993-2012 period


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Map of sea level trend over the 1993-2012 period

Tehuantepec eddies


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Tehuantepec eddies

First Saral/AltiKa backscatter over Antarctica ice sheet


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First Saral/AltiKa backscatter over Antarctica ice sheet

First Saral/AltiKa topography over Antarctica ice sheet


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First Saral/AltiKa topography over Antarctica ice sheet

Artist view of the future Swot satellite (Nasa/Cnes)


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Artist view of the future Swot satellite (Nasa/Cnes)

Major currents seen by altimetry (with their names)


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Major currents seen by altimetry (with their names)

Major currents seen by altimetry (Globe)


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Major currents seen by altimetry (Globe)

Sea level anomalies measured by AltiKa


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Sea level anomalies measured by AltiKa

Altimetry Principle (Topex/Poseidon satellite)


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Altimetry Principle (Topex/Poseidon satellite)

A single measurement covers a range of phenomena


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A single measurement covers a range of phenomena

Artist view of the Saral satellite (CNES/ISRO)


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Artist view of the Saral satellite (CNES/ISRO)

Artist view of the Topex/Poseidon satellite (NASA/CNES)


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Artist view of the Topex/Poseidon satellite (NASA/CNES)

Artist view of the Jason-2 satellite (CNES/NASA)


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Artist view of the Jason-2 satellite (CNES/NASA)

High-precision altimetry with satellites working together


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High-precision altimetry with satellites working together

The Aral Sea


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The Aral Sea

El Niño


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El Niño

Hydrology


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Hydrology

Tsunamis


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Tsunamis

Monitoring hurricanes


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Monitoring hurricanes

Monsoon on 2012


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Monsoon on 2012

Artist view of the Jason-2 satellite (CNES/NASA)


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Artist view of the Jason-2 satellite (CNES/NASA)

Artist view of the Jason-1 satellite (CNES/NASA)


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Artist view of the Jason-1 satellite (CNES/NASA)

Mean Sea Surface: a glassy sea... of ridges and valleys


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Mean Sea Surface: a glassy sea... of ridges and valleys

Penguins at the edge of the eddies


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Penguins at the edge of the eddies

El Niño 1997-1999 (animation)


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El Niño 1997-1999 (animation)

El Niño 1997-1998 (animation on a globe)


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El Niño 1997-1998 (animation on a globe)

Map of sea level trend for the Jan. 1993 - Jun. 2014 period over the Mediterranean Sea


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Map of sea level trend for the Jan. 1993 - Jun. 2014 period over the Mediterranean Sea

Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Atlantic Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014


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Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Atlantic Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014

Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Oceania for January 1993 to June 2014


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Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Oceania for January 1993 to June 2014

Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Indian Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014


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Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Indian Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014

Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Pacific Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014


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Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Pacific Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014

Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Southern Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014


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Sea level trend (mm/year) in the Southern Ocean for January 1993 to June 2014

Chlorophyll content from ocean remote sensing satellites on July 4,2012 over the Alboran Sea.


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Chlorophyll content from ocean remote sensing satellites on July 4,2012 over the Alboran Sea.

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Southern Ocean on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Southern Ocean on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Agulhas current on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Agulhas current on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Atlantic on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) over the Atlantic on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Brazil on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Brazil on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Global on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Global on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Gulf Stream on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Gulf Stream on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Indian Ocean on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Indian Ocean on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Kuroshio on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Kuroshio on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Loop current on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Loop current on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Malvinas on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Malvinas on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Mediteranean Sea on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Mediteranean Sea on 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Pacific on 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute dynamic topography (MADT) Pacific on 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Southern Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Southern Ocean 2012-2013

Animation of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Agulhas current 2012-2013


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Animation of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Agulhas current 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Atlantic 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Atlantic 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Brazil 2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Brazil 2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Global 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Global 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Gulf Strean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Gulf Strean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Indian Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Indian Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Kuroshio 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Kuroshio 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Loop Current 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Loop Current 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Malvinas 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Malvinas 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Mediterranean Sea 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Mediterranean Sea 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of absolute geostrophic current (MADT) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Agulhas 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Agulhas 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Atlantic Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Atlantic Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Brasil 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Brasil 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Gulf Stream 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Gulf Stream 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Indian Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Indian Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Kuroshio 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Kuroshio 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Loop Current 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Loop Current 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Malvinas 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Malvinas 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Mediterranean Sea 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Mediterranean Sea 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Tehuantepec zone 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Tehuantepec zone 2012-2013

Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Antarctic Circumpolar Current 2012-2013


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Animations of Maps of sea level anomalies (MSLA) Antarctic Circumpolar Current 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Antarctic Circumpolar Current 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Antarctic Circumpolar Current 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Agulhas current 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Agulhas current 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Brazil 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Brazil 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Global Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Global Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) GulStream 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) GulStream 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Indian Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Indian Ocean 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Kuroshio current 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Kuroshio current 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Loop Current 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Loop Current 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Malvinas 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Malvinas 2012-2013

Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013


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Animations of geostrophic velocities from sea level anomalies (MSLA) Pacific Ocean 2012-2013

Filaments (Lyapunov exponents) - Antarctic Circumpolar current


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Filaments (Lyapunov exponents) - Antarctic Circumpolar current

Artist view of the future Swot satellite


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Artist view of the future Swot satellite

Artist view of Jason-3 satellite


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Artist view of Jason-3 satellite

SWOT: presentation leaflet


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SWOT: presentation leaflet

SWOT kakemono


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SWOT kakemono

Animation with the 4 satellites grounds tracks (Jason2-Saral/AltiKa-Cryosat2-HY2A)


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Animation with the 4 satellites grounds tracks (Jason2-Saral/AltiKa-Cryosat2-HY2A)

El Niño / La Niña: Maps of Sea Level Anomalies on Novembers each year since 1993


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El Niño / La Niña: Maps of Sea Level Anomalies on Novembers each year since 1993

Altimetry applications in videos : Mean Sea Level Rise


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Altimetry applications in videos : Mean Sea Level Rise

Altimetry applications in videos : Arctic


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Altimetry applications in videos : Arctic

Altimetry applications in videos : Meteorology and rogue waves


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Altimetry applications in videos : Meteorology and rogue waves

Jason-1 / understand poster


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Jason-1 / understand poster

Jason-1 / understand poster


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Jason-1 / understand poster

Swot/space hydrology poster


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Swot/space hydrology poster

Swot / space hydrology poster


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Swot / space hydrology poster

Jason-3 / ocean circulation poster


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Jason-3 / ocean circulation poster

Jason-3 / ocean circulation poster


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Jason-3 / ocean circulation poster

Topex/Poseidon / observing poster


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Topex/Poseidon / observing poster

Topex/Poseidon / Observing poster


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Topex/Poseidon / Observing poster

Saral / sea level poster


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Saral / sea level poster

Saral / sea level poster


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Saral / sea level poster

Forecast / Jason-2 poster


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Forecast / Jason-2 poster

Forecast / Jason-2 poster


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Forecast / Jason-2 poster

Jason-3 artist view


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Jason-3 artist view

Jason-3 artist view


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Jason-3 artist view

"Filaments: altimetry on a thread" poster


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Animation El Niño 2015


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Animation El Niño 2015

El Niño : comparison 1997 vs 2015


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El Niño : comparison 1997 vs 2015

Filaments: altimetry on a thread


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Filaments: altimetry on a thread

Filaments: altimetry on a thread


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Filaments: altimetry on a thread

Example of SWOT simulated data over ocean (video)


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Example of SWOT simulated data over ocean (video)

Understanding and forecasting El Niño


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Understanding and forecasting El Niño

Animal tracking : example with Humpback whales


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Animal tracking : example with Humpback whales

Coastal erosion, example in Camargue (video)


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Coastal erosion, example in Camargue (video)

Coastal erosion, example at Venice (video)


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Coastal erosion, example at Venice (video)

Aiding hurricane forecasting


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Aiding hurricane forecasting

Mean Sea Surface: zoom on Indian Ocean triple junction


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Mean Sea Surface: zoom on Indian Ocean triple junction

Mean Sea Surface 2015


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Mean Sea Surface 2015

Monsoon currents in Indian Ocean


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Monsoon currents in Indian Ocean

25 years of space oceanography (video)


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25 years of space oceanography (video)

SWOT and the Camargue (video)


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SWOT and the Camargue (video)

SWOT - The lake surveyor (video)


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SWOT - The lake surveyor (video)

Altimetry mission since 1991


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Altimetry mission since 1991

Comparison of EKE between DUACS operational and experimental


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Comparison of EKE between DUACS operational and experimental

Filaments derived from altimetry ADT maps


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Filaments derived from altimetry ADT maps

Swot River Products (video)


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Swot River Products (video)

The SWOT mission leaflet


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The SWOT mission leaflet

SWOT - The ocean surveyor leaflet


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SWOT - The ocean surveyor leaflet

SWOT - The lake surveyor leaflet


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SWOT - The lake surveyor leaflet

SWOT - The river surveyor leaflet


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SWOT - The river surveyor leaflet

SWOT Programme leaflet


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SWOT Programme leaflet

SWOT Garonne estuary kakemono


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SWOT Garonne estuary kakemono

Mont StMichel SWOT kakemono


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Mont StMichel SWOT kakemono

Niger SWOT kakemono


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Niger SWOT kakemono

SWOT kakemono


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SWOT kakemono

SWOT artist's view


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SWOT artist's view

SWOT poster


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SWOT poster

Exemple of Eddy merging


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Exemple of Eddy merging

Panel of products distributed by AVISO+ and CMEMS


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Panel of products distributed by AVISO+ and CMEMS

Mean Sea Level from altimetry - 1993-2021


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Mean Sea Level from altimetry - 1993-2021

Sea level variations 1993-2021


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Sea level variations 1993-2021

Mean Sea Level from altimetry - 1993-2021


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Mean Sea Level from altimetry - 1993-2021

Swot


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Swot

Swot observes the lakes


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Swot observes the lakes

Swot observes the ocean


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Swot observes the ocean

Swot overflying Gironde estuary


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Swot overflying Gironde estuary

Swot will measure Surface Waters & Ocean Topography


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Swot will measure Surface Waters & Ocean Topography

Swot overflying Tsiribihina (Madagascar)


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Swot overflying Tsiribihina (Madagascar)

Swot overflying lake of Geneva (Switzerland-France)


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Swot overflying lake of Geneva (Switzerland-France)

Swot overflying the Amazon


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Swot overflying the Amazon

Swot overflying Camargue (Rhone estuary, France)


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Swot overflying Camargue (Rhone estuary, France)

Swot flying over the Gironde estuary (France) (video)


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Swot flying over the Gironde estuary (France) (video)

Swot flying over the California peninsula (video)


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Swot flying over the California peninsula (video)

Swot flying over the Camargue (Rhone Delta, France) (video)


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Swot flying over the Camargue (Rhone Delta, France) (video)

Swot flying over the Amazon (video)


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Swot flying over the Amazon (video)

Swot deployment in orbit (video)


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Swot deployment in orbit (video)

Swot overflying an ocean where the Lyapunov exponents (FSLE) are plotted (video)


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Swot overflying an ocean where the Lyapunov exponents (FSLE) are plotted (video)

SWOT: Interferometry for hydrology (video)


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SWOT: Interferometry for hydrology (video)

Swot: Improving spatial resolution (video)


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Swot: Improving spatial resolution (video)

Swot: Internal waves (video)


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Swot: Internal waves (video)

Swot ocean products (video)


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Swot ocean products (video)

Understanding and Forecasting El Niño (video)


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Understanding and Forecasting El Niño (video)

Monitoring Hurricanes and waves heights seen by satellites (video)


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Monitoring Hurricanes and waves heights seen by satellites (video)

CFOSAT ground tracks and ground stations (video)


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CFOSAT ground tracks and ground stations (video)

Sea level video


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Sea level video

Aral sea video


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Aral sea video

Arctic video


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Arctic video

Space hydrology and calibration video


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Space hydrology and calibration video

Antarctic video


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Antarctic video

Hydrology video


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Hydrology video

Pollutants video


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Pollutants video

Lake and inland sea ice video


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Lake and inland sea ice video

Meteorology and rogue waves video


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Meteorology and rogue waves video

Permafrost thaw video


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Permafrost thaw video

Mesoscale video


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Mesoscale video

Geodesy video


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Geodesy video

Venice video


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Venice video

El Niño video


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El Niño video

Helping in hurricane forecasting video


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Helping in hurricane forecasting video

Marine animals: the humpback whale (video)


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Marine animals: the humpback whale (video)

Camargue video


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Camargue video

Corals video


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Corals video

30 years of El Niño by altimetry poster


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30 years of El Niño by altimetry poster

30 years of El Niño by altimetry poster


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30 years of El Niño by altimetry poster