The 8th International Planning Workshop on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) will be held on 16-18 June 2009 in Paris, France, jointly hosted by CNES and CNRS, in the frame of the Megha-Tropiques mission. In anticipation of the upcoming launch of…
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Annoucement of the International Conference on “MEGHA-TROPIQUES Science and Applications” Organized by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), in Bangalore, India, March 23-25, 2009 (Initially in January 2009, the MT conference is now held in…
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The ScaRaB optical sensor has been successfully integrated at LMD (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau). Mid-November, it was transferred to CNES/Toulouse for further tests and ground calibration operations. This is an important event,especially for the LMD and CNES engineers and technicians who have been…
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The IRS (International Radiation Symposium) conference is held every 4 years. This year it took place in Foz de Iguazu from 3 to 8 August 2008. Olivier Chomette was present for an oral presentation in session H (Radiation budget and…
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Mr Madhavan Nair, Chairman of ISRO, visited the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, at Ecole Polytechnique. He was received by directors of Ecole Polytechnique. He visited in particular the ScaRaB instrument.