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Ocean eddies rich in the phytoplankton marine mammals love will be tracked by #Jason3. www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jason-3/index.html Facebook: Jason-3 isn’t just for weather forecasting and climate modeling – its data can help biologists track whales and monitor seals via phytoplankton in ocean eddies. Life in the ocean is fundamental to life on Earth. Phytoplankton, in particular, is a major oxygen generator and carbon recycler for the planet, far more so than forests on land. Measurements of sea surface height from satellite altimeters such as the upcoming Jason-3 complement and validate other data to determine the quantity, type, and distribution of phytoplankton. Surface waters typically have limited nutrients. But when eddies appear, the swirling motions cause nutrients normally found in colder, deeper waters to rise to the surface, substantially increasing chlorophyll and plankton production. Mammals, such as sperm whales and fur seals, feast on the plankton, making eddy monitoring via satellite altimeters a useful way to track them. This kind of monitoring is also helpful for marine ecosystem research and commercial fishing, where measurements are used to identify areas likely to have higher fish concentrations and particular species. Learn more about the benefits to not only marine mammals, but to all of society here: www.eumetsat.int/jason/print.htm#page_4.0.0 and here sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/science/societalbenefits/ Jason-3 will maintain the Nation’s satellite altimetry observations of global sea surface height that began in 1992 with the TOPEX/Poseidon mission. It follows the Ocean Surface Topography Mission on the current operational altimeter satellite, Jason-2. As with Jason-2, Jason-3 is an international cooperative mission, in which NOAA is partnering with NASA, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES, France’s governmental space agency) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). A nominal three year lifetime is planned for Jason-3 with a possibility of a two year extended mission. Learn more: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jason-3/mission.html |
| Date | Taken on 26 January 2016, 12:13:47 |
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| Author | NASA Earth RIght Now |
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