SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

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

SSH and SST - Global

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.

El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The warmer water associated with El Niño displaces colder water in the upper layer of the ocean caus...

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

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

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

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.

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. With ...

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

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

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.

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

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

On the left is Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) relative to the sea level mean (1993-2018). On the right is Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) with the sea level trend as the straight line. The data a...

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).

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.

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

SSH and SST - Pacific Ocean

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

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.