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Watching Our Oceans
Published:
May 20, 2008
Watching Our Oceans
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TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks
TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks
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...
Sea Level Rise Accelerates Over Time
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010
Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.
Earth Science Basics: What Determines the Level of the Sea?
Watch the Jason-3 Mission Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists gave an overview of the Jason-3 mission.
Getting To Know Jason-3
Sea levels across the globe are rising as a result of a changing climate — and the rate at which they are rising is accelerating. NASA Science Live was recorded Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, and featured...
NASA Science Live: Rising Seas
SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean
SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean
The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...
New U.S.-European Satellite Tracking Sea Level Rise
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...
NASA Engineer Helps Track the Global Impacts of Rising Seas
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch Footage
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the Jason-3 spacecraft. Liftoff was at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST).
Liftoff of Jason-3
Oceans of Climate Change
Oceans of Climate Change
TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments
TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments
Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.
Decades of Discovery
SSH and SST - Global
SSH and SST - Global
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...
Sea Surface Height Anomaly, 2014-2016
QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon
QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon
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.
Water, Water Everywhere!
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation
OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation
NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.
Sentinel 6A Renaming Ceremony
Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Watch the Launch of the Ocean-Observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
The ocean-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Nov. 21, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. EST
NASA and SpaceX Launch U.S.-European Mission to Monitor World's Ocean (Recap)
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...
27-year Sea Level Rise - TOPEX/JASON