Our Rising Seas

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...

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

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Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 Fact Sheet

Altimeter Mission Series

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

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Applications of Spaceborne Altimetry

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

Earth Science

Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon Bookmark

Whale Census and Habitat

Water Vapor

Natural Hazards

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.

Jason-1 Pin

Ocean Dynamic Topography

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft logo

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Mapping Global Ocean Circulation

How We Fly Our Satellite- JPL Open House '99 Display

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 Fact Sheet