Watching Our Oceans

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)

For NASA engineer Shannon Statham, building spacecraft is all about being creative.

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Growing up in landlocked Zimbabwe, NASA JPL engineer Shailen Desai was far from the ocean but still experienced its effects on the climate. Now, he is contributing to an international effort to tra...

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,...

One of the best ways to understand Earth's ocean is from the perspective of space.

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...

Earth’s global sea levels are rising – and are doing so at an accelerating rate.

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 - Indian Ocean

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

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

A key ocean observation satellite has been named after Earth scientist Michael Freilich

This video discusses the water cycle, which is the movement of water around the Earth, and its importance to life. Changes to the water cycle affect climate and vice versa.

Jason-3 Animation

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

Sea Level Isn't Level - Why it matters

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

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

It's hard to "see" sea level rise by just looking at the ocean, but its effects are very real.

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

Oceans of Climate Change

This animation illustrates the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (relative to the respective normal state) in the Pacific Ocean associated with the 2015-2016 El Niño.

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.