Glossary

AVISO

Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data.

CLS

Collecte Localisation Satellites, a subsidiary of CNES, is a company that provides satellite-based services for environmental monitoring, maritime surveillance, and sustainable resource management.

CNES

The Centre National d’Études Spatiales is the French space agency.

Doodson Number

A system of numbers used to classify the harmonic constituents of the tide-generating potential.

FES

Finite Element Solution, a series of global ocean tide atlases.

LEGOS

Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, a research laboratory involved in the development of FES.

NOVELTIS

A French company specializing in environmental sciences and sustainable development, involved in the development of FES.

Tidal Constituent

A single harmonic component of the tide. Each constituent represents a specific astronomical cycle that influences the Earth’s tides.