Measuring salinity in ocean water allows researchers to infer important information about climate change and variability, as sea surface salinity can act as a “rain gauge” and is used as an indicator ...

SEATTLE — NASA launched an international satellite mission June 10 that will measure the ocean’s saltiness from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. The Aquarius/SAC-D satellite soared into space at ...

A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from ...

PASADENA, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientists say they are preparing a satellite to measure the salinity of Earth's oceans. The Aquarius satellite, to be launched during May 2010, ...

An international spacecraft that will take NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Aquarius/SAC-D ...

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While NASA spends a lot of time looking up and out toward the stars, the agency also has another important role: using satellites in space to look back at our own planet. Earth observation is crucial ...

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An artist’s conception of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, a collaboration between Nasa and Argentina’s space agency, with participation from Brazil, Canada, France and Italy. Aquarius, the Nasa-built ...