{"id":1239,"date":"2016-03-17T13:37:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2016-03-21T10:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:24:00","slug":"mapping-global-sea-surface-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/mapping-global-sea-surface-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Global Sea Surface Height"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: NASA\/JPL Ocean Surface Topography Team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason-3<\/a> is the latest earth observation satellite tasked with measuring\u00a0global sea surface height; its data will be used\u00a0in\u00a0weather and climate research (e.g., El Ni\u00f1o, climate change).\u00a0Launched on January 17, it’s now in its six-month checkout phase and has produced its first complete map<\/a>, which corresponds well with the map produced by the still-operational Jason-2<\/a> satellite, so that’s a good sign. [via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jason-3 is the latest earth observation satellite tasked with measuring\u00a0global sea surface height; its data will be used\u00a0in\u00a0weather and climate research (e.g., El Ni\u00f1o, climate change).\u00a0Launched on January 17, it’s now in its six-month checkout… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,8],"tags":[361,12,159,15,362],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-oceans","category-weather-and-climate","tag-jason-3","tag-nasa","tag-noaa","tag-satellite","tag-sea-levels","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1819675,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/mapping-global-sea-levels-at-even-finer-resolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":1239,"position":0},"title":"Mapping Global Sea Levels at Even Finer Resolution","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 November 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=obIkUQtSJgk Launched in December 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite measures ocean surface topography\u2014i.e., sea surface height. 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