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Name
Ifremer, OPS, LOS-Laboratory of Spatial Oceanography (IFREMER / OPS / LOS)
Native name
Ifremer, OPS, Laboratoire d'Oceanogaphie Spatiale
Country
France
 
 
Changed into
Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote
Year
2016

organisation profile

The Laboratory of Space Oceanography of IFREMER has a double vocation: operational for the processing data of satellites ERS ; of research for the Laboratory of Space Oceanography. This is a Center of Filing and Processing of satellite data. This data-processing center is operated by a team of the Department of Space Oceanography of IFREMER. On the occasion of the contract which binds it to the European Space Agency, it ensures the differed time treatment of the instruments called "Low Rate" of satellites ERS1 and ERS2 including the Radar Altimeter, the Diffusiometer, the microwave Sounder and the Synthesis Aperture Radar (SAR). The data, available on CD-Rom or magnetic support, are diffused in the whole world at the scientific community. In collaboration with the ESA and NASA, the laboratory also generates added value products from the data of other diffusiometers such as NSCAT (diffusiometer of NASA launched in 1996 on Japanese satellite ADEOS), and soon QuikSCAT (diffusiometer of NASA launched in June 1999 by TITAN II). We envisage to extend these services in the future to SEAWINDS on ADEOSII (2000) and ASCAT on METOP (2003). Our goal is to provide to the scientific community long sets of homogeneous data generated from these various sensors. We already generated an Atlas Wind covering all the life of satellites ERS1, ERS2, NSCAT and also an Atlas of characterization of the sea Ices over the same period. The data are updated with new data ERS2 and will be extended to the future diffusiometers. We also provide to the scientific community colocalized data which allow an easier inter-calibration of the various sensors.

results in other services

  • Data Discovery & Access service - Data Originators (CDI)
  • Cruise summary report (CSR)
  • Marine environmental research project (EDMERP)
  • Marine environmental databases (EDMED)

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
534
Collating centre
Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea (SISMER)
Latest update
3 August 2016 9:23:10 AM