Water Vapor

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

This is an artist's concept of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft.

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad

El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The warmer water associated with El Niño displaces colder water in the upper layer of the ocean caus...

Jason-3

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 Artists Concept

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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...

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Our Rising Seas infographic (version 2020)

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. 

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Wind Speed

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Jason-1 Altimeter

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: First Image