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Project titleNIVMER - SEA LEVEL
Project acronymNIVMER
Project websitehttp://www.institut-polaire.fr/Programmes%20soutenus/niveau-de-la-mer/
Begin date1992-01-01
End dateTo present
Description 
Abstract1) contribution to the processing and to the validation of altimetric measurements. 2) study of the variability of the Circumpolar Antarctic current, by direct measurement of the slope of the ocean surface, between the islands Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam, and between Hobart, Macquaries and Dumont d' Urville, and in synergy with satellite altimetric measurements. 3) observation of the long-term variations (secular) of the sea level in Southern Indian Ocean.
Coordinator 
Coordinating organisationCNRS, Laboratory of studies on Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography
Country of CoordinatorFrance
Contact nameTESTUT Laurent
Contact organisationCNRS, Laboratory of studies on Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography
Phone05 61 33 27 85
Fax+33 (0)5 61 25 32 05
EmailLaurent.Testut@legos.obs-mip.fr
Edmerp metadata 
Edmerp id9542
Collating centreIfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Latest update2017-02-13