Jason-3 Animation

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

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.

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

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket 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

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...

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Inside half of the Delta Clam shell faring

Oceans' Role in Climate - Jason-1

OSTM/Jason-2 Artist's Concept

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

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

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

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.

Jason-3 3D Model

Jason-1: LRA instrument

SSH and SST - Indian Ocean

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.

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,...

Jason-1 Launch Configuration

High Resolution Jason-1 launch images

NASA and its U.S. and international partners have teamed up to launch a new Earth-observing satellite called Sentinel-6B that will measure sea surface height of most of the planet’s ocean. These ob...

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...