Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Image of ocean winds near the surface as observed by NASA's ISS-RapidScat on the International Space Station.

RapidScat observes El Niño

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

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

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

Video: Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

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

Regional rates of glacier loss for 2003 to 2009

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

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

TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly in the Pacific from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997.

El Niño: TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter sea level anomaly from September 15, 1996 to September 21, 1997

Whiteboard animation on the basic science behind sea level rise.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Sea level rise

Video: Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis recaps the last leg of the campaign's survey of northwest Greenland.

Oceans Melting Greenland 9/28/16 update

Visualization of a gravity model created with data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).

GRACE global gravity animation

The mean annual amplitude of total water storage on Earth in 2007 as measured by GRACE.

Total water storage from GRACE, 2007

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

Rising seas, by decade

Images show changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2003.

Antarctic ice loss 2003-2013

Whiteboard animation on NASA's twin GRACE satellites that monitor Earth's gravity field to help scientists understand global water and ice distribution.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Scale in the sky

1997 and 2015 El Niño animations made from data collected by the TOPEX/Poseidon (1997) and the OSTM/Jason-2 (2015) satellites

El Niño: 1997 vs. 2015

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

Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

Map of sea surface height measurements collected by Jason-3 during its first 10 days of orbit.

Jason-3 begins mapping the ocean

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

Greenland ice loss 2003-2013

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

Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

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

Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

We know seas are rising and we know why. The urgent questions are by how much and how quickly.

Infographic: Sea level rise

Visualization of the expanse of the annual minimum Arctic sea ice for each year from 1979 to 2014 as derived from SSMI data.

Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2014 with area graph

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Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

November 11, 2020

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