SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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

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

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

Experts from NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA discuss the upcoming launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in a recorded live broadcast

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

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).

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

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

Jason-3 Animation

Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.

The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures.

Watch the Jason-3 Science Briefing from Friday, Jan 15, 2016 - panelists discussed the science and research of the Jason-3 mission.

Karl and Seymour learn how carbon dioxide is formed in this sketch from The Lollygaggers, a global warming sketch comedy.

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

El Niño/La Niña - (12/1996 - 01/2000)

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.

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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

SSH and SST - Global

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Watching Our Oceans

Here we provide side by side comparisons of Pacific Ocean sea surface height (SSH) anomalies of what is presently happening in 2015 with the Pacific Ocean signal during the famous 1997 El Niño.

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage