C Gabriela Mayorga Adame¹, Carlos Conejero², Jerome Aucan³, Christophe Menkes⁴, Alexandre Barboni⁵, Gregoire Salles¹, Swen Jullien⁶, Anne-Lou Schaefer⁷, Matthieu Lengaigne⁸, Thibault Delahaye⁷, Moritz Wandres¹, Sophie E Cravatte⁹ and Herve Damlamian¹⁰, (1)The Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji, (2)Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies (LEGOS – IRD), Tulouse, France, (3)The Pacific Community, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (4)Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 250 ENTROPIE (IRD, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de la Réunion, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), BP A5, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (5)Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies (LEGOS – IRD, Toulouse, France, (6)Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Satellite remote sensing, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, IUEM, Plouzané, France, (7)French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Noumea, New Caledonia, (8)MARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Sète, France, (9)LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, (IRD, CNES, CNRS, UT), Nouméa, New Caledonia, (10)The Pacific Community, Geoscience Division, Suva, Fiji