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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (864716)6/12/2015 12:01:54 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 1579772
 
"rising sea levels are based on bad computer models."

This is why Ted Cruz wants NASA to stop studying the home planet...


The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 measures sea surface height. Credit: NASA

Willis leads NASA’s Jason missions, satellites that measure sea level and ocean surface topography, or variations in ocean surface height at different areas around the globe. This variation is driven in part by deeper currents and weather patterns like El Niño, La Niña and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. These patterns move huge amounts of water from some regions of the ocean to others, pushing some parts of the surface downward and others upward.

The GRACE twin satellites make detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field. Credit: NASA The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, which helped Boening and Willis track water during the 2011 La Niña, collects data using twin satellites orbiting Earth together. When the lead satellite encounters a slight change in Earth’s gravity, the force pulls it a little further from its partner. The second satellite measures the distance between them to estimate the strength of Earth’s gravity.

climate.nasa.gov
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