TOPEX/Poseidon Launch

Jason-3 Animation

Watching Our Oceans

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1: TRSR instrument

OSTM/Jason-2 - All instruments plus data animation

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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

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

Jason-3 3D Model

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

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

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...

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

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

Decades of Discovery - How altimeters help us every day.

TOPEX/Poseidon launch

Recorded live launch broadcast of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Jason-1 in full flight configuration

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is lifted to vertical at Space Launch Complex 4

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

These photos were taken during the Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/13/01) Photos: Scott Michel

This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.