Wave Height

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Launched on January 17, 2016, Jason-3 is a partnership that includes NOAA, NASA, CNES, and EUMETSAT.  The map shown here was generated using sea surface height measurements from the first 10 days (...

The Antonov cargo aircraft carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite touches down on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 24, 2020. 

Jason-1 launch images

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

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High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

The Falcon 9 protective payload fairing containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Our Rising Seas infographic (version 2020)

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 Artists Concept

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Poseidon-3 Altimeter

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Jason-1 Altimeter

This animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state) in the Pacific Ocean associated with the 2015-2016 El Niño.

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...