Our Rising Seas

Tracking the Oceans' Height To Understand Earth's Climate

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 (...

TOPEX/Poseidon Measurement System

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...

Jason-1 Poster

Jason-1 Pin

CNES logo

A Year in the Life Of El Niño

Sea Level

Bringing Satellite Data Down to Earth

Water & Energy

Jason-1 with 3 Ships

TOPEX/Poseidon Fact Sheet

Altimeter Applications - JPL Open House '99

The Legacy of Topex/Poseidon

Sea Surface Height

Jason-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon Bookmark

TOPEX/Poseidon Sticker

Sea Level

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.

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

Wave Height

Estudio de seguimiento de la altura de los océanos para comprender el clima terrestre

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

Earth Science