Gravity map will improve climatology

摘要

The European Space Agency has launched a satellite to map the Earth's gravitational field in the hope that it will give vital information to help improve climate forecast models.The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE)is the first of three Earth Explorer core missions in ESAs Earth Observation Envelope Programme.Data from GOCE will allow scientists to create a detailed model of the Earth's gravity field,or geoid.