Ocean Dynamic Topography

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Jason-3

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1 launch images

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.

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

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

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

Jason-3 Ready for Launch

TOPEX/Poseidon LRA

Whale Census and Habitat

Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Spacecraft processing

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite sits in front of a testing chamber where mission team members tested whether the spacecraft could endure the loud sounds it will encounter during launch.

Sea Surface Height

This artist's concept show Jason-3 over France.

TOPEX/Poseidon Collecting Data

This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2019, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level ha...

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

Radiometer Rework - April 2007