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Scientists use disaster data to plan for future
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 11, 2012
~~<p>As the March 11 tsunami raced toward Hawaii, a NASA-French satellite called Jason-1 captured its progress from 830 miles up.</p>
<p>Jason's sensitive radar altimeter, which measures small hills and valleys on the ocean's surface, showed a phenomenon that startled scientists around the world: a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over ocean ridges.</p>
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As the March 11 tsunami raced toward Hawaii, a NASA-French satellite called Jason-1 captured its progress from 830 miles up.
Jason's sensitive radar altimeter, which measures small hills and valleys on the ocean's surface, showed a phenomenon that startled scientists around the world: a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over ocean ridges. Login for more...
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