On 1 February 2010, EUMETSAT Member States approved the European part of the EUMETSAT Optional Jason 3 Altmetry Programme enabling this entry into force. This programme, developed in close partnership with CNES, NOAA and NASA, will ensure continuation of the series of measurements made by the Jason-2 satellite and its predecessors in support of meteorology, operational oceanography and, in particular, the monitoring of the sea-level trend, a key indicator of climate change.

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