NASA Launches Ocean Satellite To Keep A Weather, Climate Eye Open
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 00:29
in Astronomy & Space
A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission will return a vast amount of new data that will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts.
Read the whole article on Science Daily
More from Science Daily
Related
- Joint NASA-French satellite to track trends in sea level, climateTue, 20 May 2008, 13:14:33 EDT
- NIST assists in solar stake-out to improve space weather forecastsThu, 10 Jul 2008, 12:29:16 EDT
- Soil moisture and ocean salinity satellite ready for launchThu, 29 Oct 2009, 10:16:20 EDT
- SMOS satellite successfully launchedMon, 2 Nov 2009, 11:09:47 EST
- Ocean satellite launch critical to Australian scienceFri, 20 Jun 2008, 9:21:50 EDT