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NASA satellites and instruments provide global wave height observations and ocean vector winds on a daily basis.
Data in Action
Jan. 14, 2014
Aquarius detected the effects of an extreme Mississippi river flooding event into the Gulf of America.
Data in Action
Nov. 11, 2013
NASA’s SWOT satellite will measure sea level height variations on spatial scales down to a few kilometers.
Data in Action
Aug. 17, 2013
TOPEX/Poseidon provided more than 13 years of data, while two follow-on missions—Jason-1 and Jason-2—have extended the time series of data to more than 20 years.
Data in Action
Dec. 12, 2012
GRACE satellites were used to "weigh" the ocean to determine the cause of a drop in the global mean sea level.
Data in Action
Oct. 8, 2012
The Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) project aims to improve our understanding of salinity processes in the upper ocean.
Data in Action
Sept. 4, 2012
Tropical instability waves have been observed by satellite observations of sea level and surface temperature, direct ocean, and other measurements.
Data in Action
July 1, 2012
Sea surface temperature anomalies in the Eastern Pacific have shown a recent warming, a known precursor to El Niño conditions in the Equatorial Pacific.
Data in Action
May 21, 2012
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