Altimeter

NASA Studying 2015 El Niño Event as Never Before

In this side-by-side visualization, Pacific Ocean sea surface height anomalies during the 1997-98 El Niño (left) are compared with 2015…

The Fickle El Niño of 2014

This image from NASA's European Jason-2 satellite shows Kelvin waves of high sea level (red/yellow) crossing the Pacific Ocean at…

‘La Nada’ Climate Pattern Lingers in the Pacific

New data from NASA's Jason-2 satellite show near-normal sea surface heights in the equatorial Pacific Ocean persisting for a 16th…

Pacific Locked in ‘La Nada’ Limbo

The latest image of sea surface heights in the Pacific Ocean from NASA's Jason-2 satellite shows that the equatorial Pacific…

After Brief Dip, Global Mean Sea Level Resumes Climb

This figure shows changes in global mean sea level as measured by satellite altimetry (NASA/CNES Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1; and NASA/CNES/NOAA/EUMETSAT…

La Niña’s Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo

The latest image of Pacific Ocean sea surface heights from the NASA's OSTIM/Jason-2 oceanography satellite, on June 11, 2010, shows…

Regions of Mars with Clays and Hydrated Minerals Identified from Orbit

On this map of Mars, spectrometers on spacecraft orbiting Mars have detected clay minerals (green) and hydrated minerals-- clays, sulfates…

Adios El Niño, Hello La Niña?

This image from NASA's European Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 shows that the moderate El Niño of the past year has…

Birth of a Loop Current Eddy

This map shows northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current, shown in red, appears about to detach a…