SSH and SST - Global

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

For over 20 years NASA has been tracking the global surface topography of the ocean in order to understand the important role it plays in our daily lives. Climate change is causing our Ocean to war...

Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

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.

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...

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

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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

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

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

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...

Oceans of Climate Change

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

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.

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.

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

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

Jason-3 Animation

Watching Our Oceans

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,...

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

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.