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Topic - Oceanography and Space Technology
How Satellites Have Revolutionized Oceanography: A Historical Perspective
Presented by Dr. Jorge Vazquez
JPL, Physical Oceanographer
RealPlayer (with caption): "How Satellites" Archived Webcast
RealPlayer (w/out caption): "How Satellites" Archived Webcast
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| Thursday, August 17 |
The von
Kármán Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA
For directions, click here. |
| Friday, August 18 |
The Vosloh Forum at
Pasadena City College
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
For directions, click here. |
Both lectures begin at 7 p.m. PDT and run for approximately an hour.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For more information, call (818) 354-0112.
With the launch of the NASA SEASAT altimetric satellite on June 26, 1978 and the NOAA TIROS-N on October 13 of the same year a new area in oceanography was born. This revolution must be defined as both a scientific and technological advancement, where each step has led to new understandings of the world's oceans. From the first detailed maps from SEASAT, which showed changes of meters in the hills and valleys of the ocean surface due to the Earth's gravitational pull, to TOPEX/Poseidon, which captured centimeter changes of the ocean surface due to the heating and cooling associated with El Nino/La Nina, the science has been coupled to the technology. Additionally infrared satellites, such as the NOAA series of polar orbiting platforms, have revealed ocean currents that are as dynamic as the atmosphere, complete with storm like features known as eddies. Other sensors, such as SeaWIFs and QuikSCAT have provided global data on both the productivity, as well as surface winds, of the world's oceans.
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