Launch Of New Laboratory For Satellite OceanographyIncreasing wave height in the North Atlantic is a concern for many towns on the western coasts of Europe. During the past 20 years wave height has ...

A satellite that will be positioned between Earth and the Sun is scheduled for launch on Feb. 8 or 9, 2015. The scientific objectives and instrumental payload were originally proposed and designed by ...

A research team analyzing satellite cloud records, led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego, has found that the cloudy storm tracks on Earth are moving toward ...

Satellite technology is creating a revolution in oceanography as researchers have a flood of new data to understand our planet's oceans and better study climate change. In this edition of Space we hea ...

The GPS signal used for ‘sat-navs’ could help improve understanding of ocean currents, according to new research. Ocean surface height measurements are routinely made from space by radar altimeters, ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is allowing researchers to directly observe small-scale ocean processes across the globe for the first time. An eddy is like a mini whirlpool in ...

LYON, France—A Chinese Long March 2C launcher placed CFOSat, a Sino-French satellite dedicated to oceanography and climate change understanding, into orbit on Oct. 29. The launch took place from the ...

Following an in-depth performance review by NASA and the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the Jason 1 oceanography satellite has been declared ready for operational service. Following an ...

Shortly before dawn on Saturday, NASA will launch ICESat-2, a satellite that will use a laser to measure the changing height of Earth’s ice. Scientists are trying to understand how frozen and icy ...

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NASA’s TOPEX/Poseidon oceanography satellite, which measured sea levels around the world, has been shut down after 13 years of operation, the agency said Thursday. The satellite’s reaction wheel, used ...

More than 830 miles above Earth’s surface, a next-generation satellite will keep an eye on global sea levels. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched Saturday. The joint venture between ...