Sea Surface Height

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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...

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

Jason-1 launch images

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

Headed for Orbit!

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Jason-1 Radiometer

TOPEX/Poseidon Radiometer

Jason-1 LRA

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

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 (...

Water Vapor

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-1 Line Drawing

Jason-1 Altimeter

Mission team members perform acoustic tests of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite in a chamber outfitted with giant speakers that blast the spacecraft with sound. This is to ensure that the ...