Title:
Keeping a steady eye on sea level change from space
Authors:
Jane J. Lee & Ian J. O'neill, NASA
Published:
Phys.org, 13 July 2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-steady-eye-sea-space.html
From the article:
Over the course of nearly three decades, an uninterrupted series of satellites has circled our planet, diligently measuring sea levels. The continuous record of ocean height that they've built has helped researchers reveal the inner workings of weather phenomena like El Niño and to forecast how much the ocean could encroach on coastlines around the world. Now, engineers and scientists are preparing two identical satellites to add to this legacy, extending the dataset another decade.
Both spacecraft are a part of the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) mission, a U.S.-European collaboration that aims to make some of the most accurate measurements of sea levels around the world.