Partners

Several European institutions, the COASTALT partners, took part in the Project, which was led by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

The COASTALT Partners are:

  • National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and Liverpool, U.K.
    • Paolo Cipollini (COASTALT project manager), Christine Gommenginger , Valborg Byfield, Peter Challenor (now at Univ. of Exeter, U.K.), Graham Quartly (now at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, U.K.), Helen Snaith, Mikis Tsimplis, Luke West, Philip Woodworth, Judith Wolf, Scott Gleason (now at South West Research Institute, Boulder, USA)
  • Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy
    • Stefano Vignudelli, Andrea Scozzari
  • Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
    • Jesus Gomez-Enri
  • Starlab, Barcelona, Spain
    • Cristina Martin-Puig (now at isardSAT, Barcelona, Spain), Araceli Pi Figueroa, Laura Moreno, Marco Caparrini
  • Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
    • Joana Fernandes, Luisa Bastos, Alexandra Nunes, Clara Lázaro, Nelson Pires, Paulo Marreiros
  • HIDROMOD, Lisbon, Portugal (Phase 1 only)
    • Henrique Coelho, Paulo Leitão
  • Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (Phase 2 only)
    • Susana Barbosa

The ESA Scientific Officer responsible for COASTALT is Jérôme Benveniste. 

COASTALT maintained close scientific links with the PISTACH Project (Prototype Innovant de Système de Traitement pour l'Altimétrie Côtière et l'Hydrologie ), funded by CNES and coordinated by CLS Toulouse