TOPEX/Poseidon Instruments

Jason-1 Spacecraft Animation

QuickTime VR of TOPEX/Poseidon

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.

Our World: How High is the Ocean?

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...

NASA Climate Watcher Waves Goodbye

Oceans of Climate Change

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.

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

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

One of the best ways to understand Earth's ocean is from the perspective of space.

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

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

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.

Sea Surface Height 01/2006-04/2010

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...

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...

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

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch footage

OSTM/Jason-2 - Data/ground track animation

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

SSH and SST - Pacific 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...

Jason-3 Animation

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