From the Moon to Marine Measurements

This map shows changes in ocean bottom pressure measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) This map shows changes in ocean bottom pressure measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace).
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August 27, 2009

JPL scientists have applied a gravity calculation method first used on Apollo moon missions to measure pressure at the ocean bottom, shedding new light on our ocean and climate.

For more information, please visit http://climate.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=152

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Artists' concepts of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) spacecraft.

Artists' concepts of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) spacecraft.

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