Sea Surface Height

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

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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 (...

Jason-1 launch images

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

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Jason-1 launch images

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Ocean Dynamic Topography

TOPEX/Poseidon Line Drawing

Water Vapor

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

Sea Level

TOPEX/Poseidon over Earth

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-3

Our Rising Seas infographic (version 2020)

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft - the world's latest sea-level satellite - orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.

Variability of Ocean Dynamic Topography