Our Rising Seas

Mapping Global Ocean Circulation

El Niño Series

OSTM/Jason-2 insignia for launch vehicle

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Water Vapor

Launched on January 17, 2016, Jason-3 is a partnership that includes NOAA, NASA, CNES, and EUMETSAT.  The map shown here was generated using sea surface height measurements from the first 10 days (...

Jason-1 Poster

Earth Science

A Year in the Life Of El Niño

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Jason-1: First Image

El Niño/La Niña

Natural Hazards

Water & Energy

El Niño Poster

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

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...

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

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

Oceans' Role in Climate - Applications

Pacific Decadal Oscillation flyer

Greenland and Antarctica are home to most of the world's glacial ice – including its only two ice sheets – making them areas of particular interest to scientists.

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...

Measuring El Niño & La Niña - JPL Open House '99 Display

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System