SSH and SST - Global

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

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

Our planet is changing. Our ocean is rising. And it affects us all. That’s why a new international satellite will continue the decades-long watch over our global ocean and help us better understand...

Sea Surface Height - Global Average from 1993 - 2011.

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).

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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...

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

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

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

The Jason-3 satellite, launched on January 17, 2016, is allowing scientists to continue a 23-year record of crucial ocean monitoring.

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Ground Tracks

Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 - How they will work

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...

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.

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

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

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.

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.

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

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.

TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments