SSH and SST - Global

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.

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. When ice on land, such as mountain glaciers or the ice sheets of Greenland or Antarctica, melts, that water contributes to sea level rise.

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

In many communities in the U.S., sea level rise is already a factor in people’s lives in the form of high-tide flooding.

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners.

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

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

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

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

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

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

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...

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

For NASA scientist Severine Fournier, studying our planet knows no borders.

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.

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

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

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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...

TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments

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

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