Apple QuickTime movie | 1995-12-19 | 11.1 MB | 320x240 | 15fps | 1 minute, 3 seconds | [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: While building on previous oceanographic missions, Topex Poseidon carries improved instrumentation and has the most accurate precision orbit determination of any Earth-orbiting satellite. Its altimeter has a measurement precision of approximately 2.5 centimeters. After correction, the resulting sea level observations are accurate to 5 centimeters. During the primary observation and extended observation, phases of the mission, the satellite continuously observes the surface currents of the ocean and provides a valuable long-term global data set unprecedented in the history of oceanography. This ...
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