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Tandem Mission Brings Ocean Currents Into Sharper Focus

By Matt J. Weiss, February 15, 2009 @ 02:00 AM (EST)

A recent article from Science Daily, Tandem Mission Brings Ocean Currents Into Sharper Focus, discusses the tandem mission of two ocean tracking satellite. Here is a sample of the article.

What's true for television screens and digital images also applies to satellite data. The more resolution, the better.

When the two ocean-observing satellites OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-1 begin their tandem mission in February, they'll be flying in a new configuration designed to get the most detailed measurements possible of the ocean surface. They'll enable scientists to distinguish much smaller ocean features than they could with only one satellite and see more quickly how these features change over time.

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