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NASA and Ocean Literacy. NASA Studies the Oceans?

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1 NASA and Ocean Literacy

2 NASA Studies the Oceans?

3 Seasat - The First Ocean Satellite 1978 Seasat - The First Ocean Satellite 1978

4 El Nino - Bigger Than We Thought 1982 - AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature

5 Sea-surface heights January 1998 Sea-surface heights January 1998 Sea-surface heights January 1999 Sea-surface heights January 1999 TOPEX

6 SeaWiFS & Ocean Color Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) Jan. 2002

7 Aqua – AMSR: Katrina Approaches New Orleans Warm water intensifies hurricane strength

8 TRMM - Katrina Strengthens Over the Caribbean

9 QuikSCAT Ocean Surface Winds and Hurricanes Hazardous weather events over the oceans predicted 6-12 hours earlier

10 Aquarius - More Measurements in 1 Month Than History

11 NASA Contribution to Ocean Literacy Research that touches lives High quality imagery Working with ISC as partners

12 http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html Behold, A Whirlwind Came: The Science of Tracking Hurricanes HurricanesA Tour of the Cryosphere

13 NASA Informal Education Highlights Informative web sites NASA Oceanography Earth Observatory NEO Visible Earth Earth Explorer Institutes: Building community and expertise MATE ROV competition at JSC – June 2006

14 NASA’s View of Earth

15 Oceans From Space - It’s a NASA Thing


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