Mediterranean satellite and meteorological database  <B>Mediterranean satellite and meteorological database</B><P>S. Darras, H. Makhmara, C. Hennion and A. Podaire</B><I><P> MediasFrance, Belin, Toulouse, France</I><P> Abstract<P> The Mediterranean oceanic database scope is to gather on a single support (CDROM) satellitederived data (from NOAA/AVHRR, METEOSAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, ERS1 ) and meteorological model outputs (ARPEGE and VAG models from METEOFRANCE) over the Mediterranean basin and the Black sea. A friendly interface is provided with the database so that users may extract data according to various criteria: type of data and geophysical parameters, time period, and geographical area. This database will provide a common dataset for scientist involved in Mediterranean studies, to facilitate joint experiments and promote the use of multisensor and model output data sets.<P>