Science news articles about 'topex poseidon'

... 1992 by the NASA-French Space Agency's TOPEX/Poseidon mission and extended by the NASA-French ... indicators of global climate change. Measurements from TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason 1 have shown that mean ...

... for sports events such as the Sydney-Hobart yacht race. High quality satellite altimetry started with the TOPEX/Poseidon mission (1992-2005), and continued with Jason-1 (2001-to the present). The ...

... the flood waters extended, which is really important for flood modeling," he said. Satellites such as TOPEX/Poseidon measure the height of land or water by bouncing radio signals off of surfaces and ...

... This artist's rendering shows a "family portrait" of Jason-1, Topex/Poseidon, and OSTM/Jason-2, all NASA satellites that collect data about sea surface heights around the world. Sea ...