Just in time for hurricane season, NOAA gets a new global ocean satellite
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 07:21
in Earth & Climate
This week, NOAA officially assumed control of the Jason-3 satellite, the latest in a series of spacecraft that measure the surface height of the global ocean, monitor the rate of sea-level rise and help NOAA's National Weather Service more accurately forecast the strength of tropical cyclones that threaten America's coasts.