PROJECTS

  Main European Union projects

• Contract Change Notice Heraclès
• ENACT (Enhanced ocean data assimilation and climate prediction)
• DUACS (Developing Use of Altimetry for Climate Studies)
• GAMBLE (Global Altimeter Measurements By Leading Europeans)
• GOCINA (Geoid and Ocean Circulation in the North Atlantic)
• GYROSCOPE (European contribution to ARGO)
• LHEON (Local Harbour Authorities EO response for Ocean Monitoring)
• MARCOAST
• MFSTEP (Mediterranean ocean Forecasting System: Toward Environmental Predictions, the first part of this project was MFSPP
• MEDSPIRATION (European node for sea surface temperature)
• MERSEA Strand 1 (GMES pilot project on operational oceanography), followed by MERSEA Integrated Project
• ROSES (Real time Ocean Services for Environment and Security)
• SeaDataNet
• TOPAZ (Towards an operational prediction system for the North Atlantic and European coastal zones)
• WIN (Wide Information Network for risk management)
  
• (completed in 2004) AGORA, CANIGO , DIADEM, GANES, MATER, OPERALT .

  Activities for ESA

• RAIES study: Exploitation of the Envisat Radar Altimeter Individual Echoes and S Band data for Ocean, Coastal Zone, Land and Ice/Sea Ice Altimetry
• ROADMAP study: Definition of scenarios and Roadmap for operational oceanography
• SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity)
• GPS/Altimetry
• ERS et ENVISAT RA-2 validation
• RA2/MWR L2OP (ENVISAT)
• Absolute and relative calibrations of ENVISAT altimeter

  Activities for IFREMER

• ERS RA-2 and radiometer validation (CERSAT-2)

  Activities for CNES

• AVISO - BUT (Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data)
• AVISO - Outreach (Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data)
• CMA (Centre Multimissions Altimétrique)
• Altimeters expertise Poseidon-1 & Poseidon-2
• Inter calibration of altimetry missions
• Calibration and Validation for ERS, Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1 and ENVISAT.
• Inter calibration of altimetry mission
• Comparison of range noise and sea state bias in Ku band for radar altimeters Topex, Poseidon-1 and Poseidon-2

  Activities for SHOM

• Developing of model of satellite and in situ observations (called MOSIS), (ATOS, AGAPANTHE, MOSIS)
• SOAP (Système Opérationnel d'Analyse et de Prédiction) and SOAP 2 and 3
• MSS Mean Sea Surface and gravimetry.
• (completed in 2004) SACSO, SOPRANE (Système Océanique de Prévision en Atlantique Nord-Est)

GIP MERCATOR:

• MERCATOR
• GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment)

RTE (French Ministry of Research):

• CASH (Contribution of Satellite Altimetry to Hydrology)
• SEAGERH (SErvice d'Aide à la GEstion des Ressources Halieutiques)