SSH and SST - Global

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.

NASA and its partners announced the renaming of the mission, previously known as Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS.

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

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

Watching Our Oceans

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

On Aug. 26, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. PT, NASA hosted a media teleconference to discuss recent insights on sea level rise and the continuing challenge of predicting how fast and how much sea level will ris...

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

SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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.

Recorded live broadcast of Sentinel-6B, launched at 9:21 p.m. PST, Sunday, Nov. 16 (12:21 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 17) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

After living in coastal Virginia and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, Ben Hamlington is now researching sea level rise at NASA JPL.

The Jason-2 satellite sees something brewing in the Pacific. Researchers say it could be a significant El Niño with implications for global weather and climate.

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

Oceans of Climate Change

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

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.

Earth’s rising seas are some of the most visible signs of our warming planet. Over the last 23 years, NASA satellite missions have observed a steady rise in global sea levels as polar ice sheets me...

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

B-roll for media. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an Earth-observing satellite that will collect data on sea level and how it changes over time. By measuring sea surface height, scientists world...