TOPEX/Poseidon - An international satellite oceanography missionThe TOPEX/Poseidon mission, a joint NASA-CNES effort, strives to provide highly accurate global ocean topography measurements over a three year period utilizing highly advanced satellite radar altimetry techniques. Scheduled for launch in late 1991, the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, together with ESA's first European remote sensing satellite and NASA's scatterometer, promises to provide a fundamental breakthrough in the present knowledge of how the oceans work as a global system. As part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, TOPEX/Poseidon measurements will aid in the determination of the three-dimensional current structure of the global oceans.
Document ID
19870028589
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Townsend, W. F. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)