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Tham khảo sách 'satellite altimetry and earth sciences_1', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, năng lượng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả

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Satellite altimetry was developed in the 1960s soon after the flight of artificial satellites became a reality. From the vantage point in space, a radar altimeter is able to measure the shape of the sea surface globally and frequently. Such measurements have a wide range of applications to oceanography, geodesy, and geophysics. The results are often revolutionary. For example, in oceanography; it takes a ship weeks or months to cross the ocean making measurements while the ocean is constantly changing its circulation, temperature, and salinity.

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