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  • SSALTO/DUACS and operational altimetry: en route to GODAE,
    PY Le Traon, G. Dibarboure, J. Dorandeu (PPT - 5390 Ko)
  • Comparison of altimetry and hydrography over the global ocean,
    S. Guinehut, G. Larnicol, PY Le Traon (PDF - 1354 Ko)
  • Estimation of a global mean dynamic topography using altimetry, gravimetry and in situ data.(part 1 (PPT - 1892 Ko) and part 2 (PPT - 1514 Ko))
    M-H Rio, F.Hernandez, D. Tamagnan, F. Davidson, S. Guinehut

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Relevant publications

  • Le Traon, P.Y., Nadal F. and N. Ducet, 1998: An improved Mapping Method of Multisatellite Altimeter Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15, 522-533.
  • Le Traon, P.Y. and F. Ogor, 1998: ERS-1/2 orbit improvement using TOPEX/POSEIDON: The 2 cm challenge. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 103, 8045-8057.
  • Dorandeu, J. and P.Y. Le Traon, 1999: Effects of Global Mean Pressure variations on Sea Level changes from TOPEX/POSEIDON. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 1279-1283.
  • Le Traon, P.Y. and G. Dibarboure, 1999: Mesoscale mapping capabilities from multiple altimeter missions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 1208-1223
  • Ducet, N., P.Y. Le Traon and G. Reverdin, 2000: Global high resolution mapping of ocean circulation from the combination of TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1/2. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 105, C8, 19,477-19,498.
  • Le Traon, P.-Y., G. Dibarboure, and N. Ducet, 2001: Use of a High-Resolution Model to Analyze the Mapping Capabilities of Multiple-Altimeter Missions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 18, 1277-1288.
  • Le Traon, P.Y. and G. Dibarboure, 2002. Velocity mapping capabilities of present and future altimeter missions: the role of high frequency signals. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19, 2077-2088.
  • Le Traon, P.Y., Faugère Y., Hernandez F., Dorandeu J., Mertz F. and M. Ablain, 2002. Can we merge GEOSAT Follow-On with TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-2 for an improved description of the ocean circulation? Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 889-895.
CMDT RIO-03 References
  • Rio, M.-H. and F. Hernandez, 2003: A Mean Dynamic Topography computed over the world ocean from altimetry, in-situ measurements and a geoid model. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.
  • Rio, M.-H. and F. Hernandez, 2003: High frequency response of wind-driven currents measured by drifting buoys and altimetry over the world ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 39-1.
  • Rio, M.-H., 2003: Combinaison de données in situ, altimétriques et gravimétriques pour l'estimation d'une topographie dynamique moyenne globale. Ed. CLS. PhD Thesis, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France), 260pp.
  • Hernandez, F., P.-Y. Le Traon, and R. Morrow, 1995: Mapping mesoscale variability of the Azores Current using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 altimetry, together with hydrographic and Lagrangian measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 24995-25006.
  • Le Traon, P.-Y. and F. Hernandez, 1992: Mapping the oceanic mesoscale circulation: validation of satellite altimetry using surface drifters. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 9, 687-698.
Le Grand inverse model references

  • Le Grand, P., H. Mercier, and T. Reynaud, 1998: Combining T/P altimetric data with hydrographic data to estimate the mean dynamic topography of the North Atlantic and improve the geoid. Annales Geophysicae, 16, 638-650.
  • Le Grand, P., 2001: Impact of the gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer (GOCE) mission on ocean circulation estimates. Volume fluxes in a climatological inverse model of the Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 19597-19610.
  • Le Grand, P., E. J. O. Schrama, and J. Tournadre, 2003 An inverse estimate of the dynamic topography of the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1062, doi:10.1029/2002GL014917.

Levitus climatology references:

  • Levitus, S. and T. P. Boyer, 1994: World ocean atlas 1994 volume 4 : TemperatureNOAA Atlas NESDIS 4, 117 pp.
  • Levitus, S., R. Burgett, and T. P. Boyer, 1994: World ocean atlas 1994 volume 3 : SalinityNOAA Atlas NESDIS 3, 99 pp.

OCCAM modelling references

  • Killworth, P. D., 1995: OCCAM: the Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project. International WOCE Newsletter, 18, 20-22.
  • Troccoli, A. and K. Haines, 1999: Use of the Temperature-Salinity relation in data assimilation context. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 2011-2025.
  • Fox, A. D., K. Haines, B. A. de Cuevas, and D. J. Webb, 2000: Altimeter assimilation in the OCCAM global model. Part II: TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 assimilation. Journal of Marine Systems, 26, 323-347.
  • Fox, A. D., K. Haines, B. A. de Cuevas, and D. J. Webb, 2000: Altimeter assimilation in the OCCAM global model. Part I: A twin experiment. Journal of Marine Systems, 26, 303-323.
  • Killworth, P. D., C. Dieterich, C. Le Provost, A. Oschlies, and J. Willebrand, 2001: Assimilation of altimetric data and mean sea surface height into an eddy-permitting model of the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 48, 313-335.


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