Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Zero- to nine-meter sea level rise scenario in the southeastern United States.

Sea level rise 'what ifs' in southeastern United States

Sea level rise 'what ifs' in the southeastern United States

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

Video: Sea surface temperature anomaly timeline: 1982-2017

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

Video: Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

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

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

Animation of the average yearly change in global land ice mass during 2003-2010 from all of the world's glaciers and ice caps (excluding Greenland and Antarctica).

Global mass balance from GRACE

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

Graphic showing reconciled estimate of glacier contributions to sea level rise.

Regional assessments of glacier mass

Visualization showing total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites.

22-year sea level rise - TOPEX/JASON

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

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

Whiteboard animation on the basic science behind sea level rise.

Video: NASA's Earth Minute - Sea level rise

This animation shows how global sea levels have risen more than 80 millimeters (3.15 inches) over the past three decades, which is like covering the U.S. in about 4 meters (about 13 feet) of water over that period.

Animation: Global Sea Level Change (1992-2017)

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

Video: Ocean Flows Under Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

A quick guide to the science behind sea level rise from an ice-loss perspective, what it means in relatable terms and why it matters.

Video: On thin ice: Why ice loss matters

This animation compares sea surface salinity (saltiness) data from two NASA datasets from 2015 to 2017.

Animation: Sea Surface Salinity Comparison (2015-2017)

Animation: Sea Surface Salinity (Saltiness) Comparison (2015-2017)

Animated GIF of Oceans Melting Greenland GLISTIN-A instrument observing Greenland's glacier front; aircraft deploying ocean probes.

Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) GLISTIN-A & AXCTD - Animated GIF

A visualization of U.S. East Coast ocean flows

Video: Ocean Flow Vignettes

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

ARGO float animation #2

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

Images show changes in Antarctic ice mass since 2003.

Antarctic ice loss 2003-2013

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

GRACE global gravity animation

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

TOPEX/Poseidon flat earth tide height model

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

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

Video: Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

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Animated GIF: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

November 11, 2020

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