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Mercator "Projection" Information Letter

This information letter targets a non-specialist audience interested in Mercator thematics. Written by our outreach team, GMMC members contributions or products users are also solicited.

Number 8 Contents - January 2007 - Download (PDF, 1.1 MB)

  • The Boss4GMES project, shortest route to European operational services
  • Ocean mass variations and gravity field measurements
  • The Navidad Current
  • Us and Our Users
  • André Lebeau
  • GMES: something simple from something complex
  • Mean dynamic topography and assimilation of altimetry

Number 7 Contents - July 2006 - Download (PDF, 1.7 MB)

  • Mercator Ocean at the heart of the European Marine core service
  • Mercator Ocean supports offshore operations
  • How forecasters explore the past
  • At cruising speed
  • Roland Cantié
  • Argo, five years of progress
  • The ocean around New Caledonia in high resolution

Number 6 Contents - February 2006 - Download (PDF, 812 KB)

  • Mercator ‘shows’ the world’s oceans in the Midi-Pyrénées region
  • No stopping!
  • Rescue mission for the ‘Guadeloupe’ buoy
  • Ants
  • The Midi-Pyrénées region: at the heart of the ocean
  • Sea Views
  • Assimilation: maximising correlation between the model and observations

Number 5 Contents - July 2005 - Download (PDF, 360 KB)

  • Services à la carte
  • NOOFS: A Canadian collaboration with Mercator for the continental shelf
  • Deep convection in the Labrador Sea
  • The hive
  • Alain Ratier, the ocean at the heart of Earth observation
  • Coriolis, an in situ data service for operational oceanography
  • Bionuts: towards the integration of biological models into Mercator

Number 4 Contents - January 2005 - Download (PDF, 680 KB)

  • Mercator, at the heart of Godae
  • A pinch of Mercator in SMOS
  • Zoom in on hurricane Jeanne
  • 2005 : Mercator is again present on several fronts
  • Neville Smith & Godae
  • Bluelink, ocean forecasted from Australia
  • The Eastern Mediterranean: questions on circulation

Number 3 Contents - July 2004 - Download (PDF, 820 KB)

  • Evaluation at the halfway point for GIP Mercator Ocean
  • Row with the current with Mercator
  • The North Atlantic, seen by Mercator
  • Mercator bends over backwards for its users
  • Christian Le Provost
  • Altimetry: studying the future
  • From global to local – how can we make an even tighter ocean model?

Number 2 Contents - November 2003 - Download (PDF, 469 KB)

  • A busy summer for Mercator
  • Mercator and Météo France team up for the Prestige disaster
  • Eddies in the Alboran Sea
  • Mercator striding ahead
  • Herlé Mercier: research a key Mercator component
  • Roses tackles the thorny problem of protecting the marine environment
  • Estimating wind from space to force Mercator

Number 1 Contents - July 2003 - Download (PDF, 649 KB)

  • Prestige: Mercator springs into action
  • Plain sailing with Mercator
  • Prestige goes down where currents meet
  • Mercator’s new resolution
  • Michel Lefebvre and Mercator – heading for the high seas
  • Mersea – A European project to manage the ocean
  • Extending the bounds of predictability

 


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