Tasmania supports NASA's ocean satellite missions.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 March 2007-CSIRO AUSTRALIA: Tasmania supports NASA's ocean satellite missions(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23032007 At the conclusion of the first international ocean satellite meeting in Hobart last week, scientists reviewed objectives and opportunities for the joint NASA/French Space Agency satellite to be launched in June next year.

The meeting was sponsored locally by the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Research Flagship, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Royal Australian Navy. Called Jason 2, it will join its predecessor in mapping the world's oceans with application in monitoring climate variabilty and change through sea level variations, and contributing to Australia's ocean forecasting capabilities. (Download images:...