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Jason-3

The Jason-3 ocean radar altimeter mission continues the mapping of the ocean surface topography from the 9,91 day repeat orbit first used and established by TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.

Launch Date

December 2016

Class

Flight Project

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The Jason-3 ocean radar altimeter mission continues the mapping of the ocean surface topography from the 9,91 day repeat orbit first used and established by TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.

Related Publications

2025. "Trends in the M2 ocean tide observed by satellite altimetry in the presence of systematic errors.", Journal of Geodesy, 99 (2): 11 [10.1007/s00190-025-01935-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Avert Bangladesh’s looming water crisis through open science and better data.", Nature, 610 (7933): 626-629 [10.1038/d41586-022-03373-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Channel water storage anomaly: A new remotely sensed quantity for global river analysis.", Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (1): e2022GL100185 [10.1029/2022gl100185] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Climate and human impacts on hydrological processes and flood risk in southern Louisiana.", Water Resources Research, [10.1029/2022wr033238] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge.", Journal of Oceanography, 79 13-26 [10.1007/s10872-022-00659-0] [Journal Article/Letter]