Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

A visualization of how sea level fluctuates around the world.

Monitoring sea level

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth-observing satellites from NASA and European partners, including EUMETSAT and the French space agency CNES.

Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Family Tree

Visualization of the average yearly change in ice sheet mass during 2003-2010 over Greenland and Antarctica.

Ice sheet mass balance from GRACE

Data from TOPEX/Poseidon was used to produce a computer model of 16 days of tide height.

TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

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.

Video: 27-Year Sea Level Rise

Visualization that captures sea surface temperature anomalies around the world from 1982 to 2017.

Video: Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

A visualization shows ocean currents circulating Pine Island Bay and flowing under Pine Island Glacier.

Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

Animation showing changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2002 based on satellite data.

Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

Animation showing “sea level fingerprints,” or patterns of rising and falling sea levels across the globe in response to changes in Earth’s gravitational and rotational fields.

Monthly changes in gravity affect sea level

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis recaps an ambitious day out in the field.

Oceans Melting Greenland 9/22/16 update

A visualization of U.S. East Coast ocean flows

Video: Ocean Flow Vignettes

Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship and airborne AIRGrav instrument.

Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & airborne AIRGrav instrument

Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) ship & AIRGrav instrument - Animated GIF

The basics of sea level rise, expressed in everyday terms, and what it means for those on the coast.

Video: Rising tides: Understanding sea level rise

An animation with voiceover narration showing the global ocean tides as a complex system of rotating and trapped waves with a mixture of frequencies.

Video: Global Ocean Tides

TOPEX-Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997.

El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from August 1, 1996 to August 3, 1997

Visualization of the locations of the ARGO buoy array over time (with faster camera move).

ARGO float animation #2

Graphic of global glacial mass loss and area summarized by region.

Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009

Animation that uses Earth science data to measure physical oceanography parameters such as ocean currents, ocean winds, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.

The ocean – a driving force for weather and climate

NASA is studying the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all.

Melting ice, rising seas

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis reports about perfect conditions in northwest Greenland that led to a great day for data collection.

Oceans Melting Greenland 9/24/16 update

Local change and global rise of sea levels, as measured by satellites from 1993 through 2015.

Rising seas, by decade

NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) and Operation IceBridge missions investigate Greenland's thinning ice sheets from above and below.

Greenland's thinning ice

Sea surface height-monitoring satellite Jason-3 liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Jason-3 liftoff on Falcon 9 rocket

B-roll for media on the sea level-observing Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite.

Video: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Media Reel

Images from GRACE satellite data show Greenland ice mass changes since 2003.

Greenland ice loss 2003-2013

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Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

November 11, 2020

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