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NASA and Ocean Literacy
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NASA Studies the Oceans?
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Seasat - The First Ocean Satellite 1978 Seasat - The First Ocean Satellite 1978
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El Nino - Bigger Than We Thought 1982 - AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature
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Sea-surface heights January 1998 Sea-surface heights January 1998 Sea-surface heights January 1999 Sea-surface heights January 1999 TOPEX
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SeaWiFS & Ocean Color Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) Jan. 2002
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Aqua – AMSR: Katrina Approaches New Orleans Warm water intensifies hurricane strength
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TRMM - Katrina Strengthens Over the Caribbean
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QuikSCAT Ocean Surface Winds and Hurricanes Hazardous weather events over the oceans predicted 6-12 hours earlier
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Aquarius - More Measurements in 1 Month Than History
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NASA Contribution to Ocean Literacy Research that touches lives High quality imagery Working with ISC as partners
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html Behold, A Whirlwind Came: The Science of Tracking Hurricanes HurricanesA Tour of the Cryosphere
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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
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NASA’s View of Earth
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Oceans From Space - It’s a NASA Thing
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