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Aquarius

Aquarius will fly on an Argentinean spacecraft and will measure sea surface salinity. Sea surface salinity is an important factor in determining ocean currents. Aquarius is a focused satellite mission to measure global Sea Surface Salinity (SSS). Scientific progress is limited because conventional in situ SSS sampling is too sparse to give the global view of salinity variability that only a satellite can provide. Aquarius will resolve missing physical processes that link the water cycle, the climate, and the ocean. Aquarius is planning to launch in 2009. Aquarius/SAC-D is a space mission developed by NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina (Comisi￳n Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, CONAE.)

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