COSEE Ocean Systems: News
NASA's Jason-1 Achieves a One-Decade Landmark
Description: Jason-1 celebrates 10 years of precisely measuring ocean surface topography. The mission continues to reveal new insights into the ocean's complicated circulation patterns, monitoring the waxings and wanings of El Nino and La Nina, while providing a critical measure of climate change by contributing to a nearly 20-year record of global sea level monitoring from space. [Source: NASA News]
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/jason20111207.html
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Source: NASA News
Publish Date: 12/7/2011
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