Sentences with phrase «ocean surface topography mission»
NASA plans include a Jason follow - on, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) / Jason - 2.
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According to data from the Ocean Surface Topography Mission / Jason 2 satellite, ocean temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific are significantly warmer than usual due to slowing trade winds.
The 1997 map was assembled from data collected by the TOPEX / Poseidon satellite, while the 2014 data comes from the Ocean Surface Topography Mission / Jason 2 satellite.
The latest image of Pacific Ocean sea surface heights from the NASA / European Ocean Surface Topography Mission / Jason -2 oceanography satellite, dated June 11, 2010, shows that the tropical Pacific has switched from warm to cold during the last few months.
This satellite image of Pacific Ocean sea surface heights taken by the NASA / European Ocean Surface Topography Mission / Jason -2 oceanography satellite, captured on June 11, 2010, shows that the tropical Pacific has switched from warm (red) to cold (blue) during the last few months, perhaps foreshadowing a transition from El Niño, to La Niña conditions.
Today, 14 of the 15 satellites currently making climatic observations on Earth are far beyond their designed life - expectancies, with the exception being the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM):
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In the early 1990s the TOPEX (Topography Experiment for Ocean Circulation) / Poseidon satellite, a joint American - French mission, shot into orbit armed with radar altimeters to measure the height of the sea surface.
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He has done extensive work on modeling and interpretation of sea level and ocean bottom pressure signals and is currently a member of various NASA satellite mission science teams (Ocean Surface Topography, GRACE, Ocean Surface Salinity) and the GODAE OceanView Science ocean bottom pressure signals and is currently a member of various NASA satellite mission science teams (Ocean Surface Topography, GRACE, Ocean Surface Salinity) and the GODAE OceanView Science Ocean Surface Topography, GRACE, Ocean Surface Salinity) and the GODAE OceanView Science Ocean Surface Salinity) and the GODAE OceanView Science Team.