AVISO Altimetry Newsletter (Number 2, May 1993)


Entry_ID:  GCRIO 076
GCRIO_Inventory:  1
Entry_Title:  AVISO Altimetry Newsletter (Number 2, May 1993)
Document_Author: Coutin-Faye, Sophie (editor)
Agency_Name: CNES>Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Start_Date: 1993-05-01

Group:  Summary

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  Research Community

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  Science Institutes



This newsletter is published irregularly by CNES. It describes the french 

space mission of Topex/Poseidon.



The Topex/Poseidon satellite was launched on August 10, 1992. The instruments 

and processing systems were switched on, and the first data was distributed.

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Group:  Data_Center

	Data_Center_Name:  Earth Sciences and Environment Division

	Dataset_ID:  same as Entry_Title

	Group:  Data_Center_Contact

		Last_Name:  Coutin-Faye

		First_Name:  Sophie

		Email:  None

		Phone:  (33) 61-274-177

		Fax:  (33) 61-282-595

		Group:  Address

		CNES

		18 Av. E. Belin

		31055 Toulouse Cedex,   

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Storage_Medium:  24 pages printed matter (newsletter)

Parameter:  Ocean Composition

Parameter:  Ocean Dynamics

Parameter:  Hydrology

Parameter:  Oceanography

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Atmospheric Sciences

Discipline: Life Sciences > Environmental Science

Location: Global

Keyword: Topex/Poseidon

Keyword: satellite missions

Keyword: space studies

Keyword: remote sensing

Keyword: oceanography

Keyword: sea-level measurements

Keyword: sea surface height

Keyword: sea surface topography

Keyword: altimetry

Keyword: geophysical data

Keyword: meetings calendar

Keyword: CNES>Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

Keyword: waves

Keyword: winds