Sea Level

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Jason-1 launch images

Jason-1: First Image

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

Jason-1 Altimeter

Jason-1 DORIS

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Ocean Dynamic Topography

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

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...

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...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

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

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

OSTM/Jason-2 Radiometer Antenna

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

Jason-1: JMR instrument

Spacecraft processing

Jason-3 on the Launch Pad