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• Precision Orbit Determination To Support Altimetry
• The Application of Multiple Satellite Radar Altimetry Data Sets to Inland Surface Water Projects
• FOAM: From Ocean to inland waters Altimetry Monitoring
• Error Characterization and Intercalibration of the Wet Path Delay Measurements from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and OSTM Microwave Radiometers
• Hurricane Studies with Altimeter Data
• An Investigation of Global Mesoscale Variability
• MERCATOR, Global Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting
• A New Method for Mapping Mesoscale Circulation over the Shelf: Retracking Altimetric Waveforms to Conform to Geostrophic Currents Inferred from Satellite Imagery
• The Harvest Experiment: Calibration of the Emerging Climate Record from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and OSTM
• Interannual Variability And Decadal Change Of Thermocline Depth And Upper-Ocean Heat Content In The Indian Ocean
• Global Upper Ocean Velocity
• Assessing Meridional Transports in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Studies Of Upper Ocean Dynamics Related To The Pacific Decadal Oscillation Using Satellite Altimeter Data And Derived Velocity Fields
• Operational Ocean Circulation Monitoring for the Study of Mesoscale Dynamics
• Calibration and Validation of the Precise Orbits for OSTM-Extending the TOPEX, Jason-1
• Dynamics Of Anisotropic Mean And Time-Varying Structures Of Ocean Circulation
• Sea Level Rise from Satellite Altimetry
• Wide swath altimetry for high resolution oceanography and hydrology: the SWOT mission
• Building and Understanding a Climate Data Record of Sea Level Change
• Improvement, validation and merging of altimeter products for coastal and regional applications
• Eastern Mediterranean Altimeter Calibration Network - e-MACnet (Continuation of DynMSLaC & GAVDOS)
• Studies Of The Large-Scale Ocean Variability Using Satellite Altimetry
• Investigating Midlatitude Ocean and Climate Dynamics using Satellite Altimetry and Modeling Analysis
• Altimetric Studies of Ocean Surface Tides and Internal Tides
• Pathways of Meridional Circulation in the Ocean Climate System
• Strait and Inter-Ocean Transport Estimation Using Altimetry SSH and Gravimetry OBP
• Interactions Between Coastal and Offshore Circulation
• Altimetry and operational wind-wave prediction - combined use to enhance both systems
• Advanced Altimeter Data Assimilation for Physical Ocean Prediction and Ecosystem Monitoring
• Improving coastal circulation analysis and prediction through refined altimeter data processing and variational data assimilation into a regional ocean model
• Applications of Satellite Altimetry, Gravity, Winds and In Situ Data to Problems of the Ocean Circulation
• Altimeter Data And ECCO2 Ocean State Estimates Used To Study The Variability Of Antarctic Circumpolar Current Fronts And The Formation Of Antarctic Intermediate Water
• Scientific Investigations
• Study of seasonal-to-decadal variability in the Tropical Atlantic using altimetry, models and in situ observations
• Solving the "electromagnetic bias" problem
• MERCATOR, forecasting global ocean
• Towards high-resolution operational ocean forecasting
• Jason-1 near real-time applications
• Development and validation of an ocean incremental 4D-Var assimilation scheme
• Application of altimetry measurements to observational and modeling studies of low-frequency upper ocean mass and heat circulation in the tropical Pacific
• The MOTEVAS project
• Interannual sea level change at global and regional scales using Jason-1 altimetry
• Altimetry research with Jason-1 at SOC
• Global geodynamics investigation using TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 observations
• The dynamics of short-term ocean climate variability
• Using Satellite Altimetry to Improve Operational El Niño Forecasts
• Improving understanding and prediction of climate variability and change in the Australian region
• A coordinated programme for global calibration/validation of altimeter sea state data
• Multivariate data assimilation in support of forecasting of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean
• Merging altimetry and thermal imagery to estimate velocity in ocean boundary currents
• Contribution of space techniques to Jason-1 altimeter calibration
• Study and improvement of altimeter and radiometer data analysis and processing
• Estimation of air-sea gas transfer using Jason-1 dual-frequency normalized backscatter
• Investigation of the Seasonal-to-Interannual Variabilities of the Ocean by Assimilating Satellite Altimetry and Ancillary Data into Numerical Ocean Models
• Gravity, bathymetry, and mesoscale ocean circulation from altimetry
• Long internal waves studies with applications to large-scale ocean transport and improvement of altimeter measurements
• The Harvest experiment
• Calibration and stability assessment for POSEIDON-2 altimeter
• Mass, heat and salt transports in the western North Pacific
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• The application of Jason-1 measurements to estimate the global near-surface ocean circulation for climate research
• Ocean forecasting and altimetry
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• Multi-satellite altimeter processing for sea level and ocean circulation monitoring
• Calibration of the TOPEX and Jason-1 altimeter microwave radiometers using VLBI and GPS derived tropospheric delays
• In situ tide gauge/GPS stations for monitoring the temporal drift of satellite altimeters
• Studies of Tropical Variability
• Inter- and intra-calibrations of TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 with inferences for decadal basin-scale sea-surface variability
• Low-frequency sea level variability in the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans
• An Investigation of Very Low Frequency Sea Level Change Using Satellite Altimeter Data
• Eddy and wave dynamics with TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 altimetry
• Interannual sea level variability in the Southern Ocean within the context of global climate change
• Using altimetry products for operational oceanography applied to tropical fisheries
• Testing a theory of El Niño with altimetry data: Recharge/discharge of the upper layer of the tropical Pacific Ocean
• Barotropic high-frequency sea level signals and the Jason-1 altimeter mission
• South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean
• Large-Scale Variability in the Midlatitude Subtropical and Subpolar North Pacific Ocean: Observations and Causes
• Altimetric Studies of Ocean Tidal Dynamics
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• Combined studies of altimetric and subsurface data
• Using Jason-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON data for seasonal climate prediction studies
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• Ocean circulation, height systems and gravity field studies based on Jason-1 altimetry
• Ocean circulation determined from Jason-1 satellite altimeter data
• Global ocean dynamic and transports
• A Jason educational program
• Interactions of the Eastern and Western Boundary Systems Off South America and South Africa With the Large-Scale Circulation in the Southern Ocean
• Interannual to decadal ocean variability and predictability
• Interannual to decadal ocean variability and predictability
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• Advanced altimeter data assimilation for the development of operational oceanography
• Improved orbits and reference frame stability from GPS tracking of TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason-1 to support basin-scale sea level studies
• Oceanic heat and vorticity budgets of the Antarctic circumpolar wave
• Studies of sea level and ocean circulation variations and tides
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