The Scientific Programme committee of CNES is informed by the Direction that, due to budget constraints, several scientific experiments already planned are threatened of suppression. The Committee refuses to give priorities and give arguments defending all the threatened programmes. Megha-Tropiques…
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A paper concerning « The role of mesoscale convective systems and their moist environment on the net cloud radiative forcing over the Indian Ocean », a subject related to the scientific objectives of Megha-Tropiques, was submitted by R?my Roca and colleagues.
A phase B French-Indian progress meeting of Megha-Tropiques was held in CNES Toulouse from 8 to 12 July. Structure, thermal and interface items of the payload interface module and the instruments were specially reviewed.
A thesis related to Megha Tropiques was defended in LMD-Palaiseau (Karim Ramage). It concerned the determination of rain at different space-time scales using TRMM and Meteosat and its validation from surface measurements.Structural properties of convective clouds in IR and microwaves…
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New contracts between CNES and the labs were set up for the end of phase B of ScaRaB and Saphir; a permanent engineer position was also opened by CNRS. New engineers are joining (or will join soon) the technical teams…
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