Watching Our Oceans

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

Global sea level rise is accelerating incrementally over time rather than increasing at a steady rate, as previously thought, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satelli...

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

SSH and SST - Global

It’s not only water processes that play a role in global sea level rise – ground movements can play a significant role as well.

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...

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

Changing conditions in the Pacific have stirred up Earth’s largest ocean and redistributed its heat, piling up warm waters along U.S. Western shores and raising sea level in the process.

For NASA JPL engineer Parag Vaze, studying Earth’s rising ocean has been a career three decades in the making.

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

A look at how NASA is dealing with the threat of sea level rise to its coastal infrastructure.

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

The Argo stop-motion animation aims to inspire children (and adults) to engage with marine science. It is quirky, fun and informative at the same time. The animation explains what an Argo float is,...

TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

Ice covers 10 percent of Earth's surface and helps moderate the planet's temperature.

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

To provide scientists with essential information about global and regional changes in the seas, NASA will launch the Jason-3 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)