A New Milestone in Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics: The First Three Years of the TOPEX/POSEIDON Mission

Fu, Lee-Lueng; Koblinsky, Chester J.; Minster, Jean-Francois; Picaut, Joel

dc.contributor.author	Fu, Lee-Lueng	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Koblinsky, Chester J.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Minster, Jean-Francois	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Picaut, Joel	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2004-09-30
dc.date.available	2004-09-30
dc.date.issued	1996	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	96-0203	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/24134
dc.description.abstract	The US/France TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite, which has been in orbit since August, 1992, is the first global ocean observing system specifically designed for studying ocean dynamics. The satellite uses a state-of-the-art radar altimeter system to determine the sea surface topography - the height of sea surface relative to a reference ellipsoid-with an unprecedented accuracy, and has returned a wealth of new information on the ocean circulation and its variations.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.subject.other	global ocean observing system ocean dynamics sea surface topography ocean currents	en_US
dc.title	A New Milestone in Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics: The First Three Years of the TOPEX/POSEIDON Mission	en_US