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Watching Our Oceans
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May 20, 2008
Watching Our Oceans
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TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks
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OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation
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Changing conditions in the Pacific have stirred up Earth’s largest ocean and redistributed its heat, piling up warm waters along U.S. Western shores and raising sea level in the process.
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SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean
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