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Commercial satellite oceanography

Ifremer

France

Active in a wide range of research and commercial services

ARGOSS

Netherlands

Suppliers of commercial services including metocean statistics and forecasts, water quality and bathymetry.

OceanDataLab

France

Specialists in processing sythetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery.

CLS

France

Specialists in altimeter data products including ocean currents.

Flyby

Italy

Specialists in optical imagery analysis for products in water quality, bathymetry and solar radiation.

NURC

International

NATO Undersea Research Centre. Suppliers of commercial data and modelling services.

Starlab

Spain

Specialist in data processing and application development, including passive altimetry.


Satellite oceanography research institutes

DMU

UK

De Montfort University, Leicester. Specialists in inland water applications of satellite altimetry.

DNSC

Denmark

Danish National Space Center. Specialists in geophysical applications of satellite altimetry (sea floor topography, gravity field).

NERSC

Norway

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center. Research institute affiliated with the University of Bergen

NOCS

UK

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. 

POL

UK

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.

PML

UK

Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Specialist in ocean colour and sea surface temperature analysis.


Satellite data providers

CNES

France

French National Space Agency. Collaborators with NASA on the TOPEX and Jason altimeter missions.

ESA

EU

European Space Agency. Operators of European satellite missions including ERS-2 and Envisat.

Eumetsat

EU

Operators of European meteorological satellite missions including Meteosat and Metop. Collaborator on the Jason altimeter missions and one of leading agencies for Jason-3 and post-Jason missions.

NASA

USA

USA National Space Agency. Operators of many satellite missions including Quikscat and Aqua (MODIS).

NOAA

USA

National Oceanic and Atmopspheric Administration. Operators of NOAA AVHRR operational satellite series.


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