22-year Sea Level Rise - TOPEX/JASON
Spinning globe showing TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. Earth spins once before camera zooms into West Atlantic, East Pacific, and West Pacific regions. With colorbar
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This visualization shows total sea level change between 1992 and 2014, based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level has gone down, and orange/red regions are where sea level has gone up. Since 1992, seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches.
The color range for this visualization is -7 cm to +7 cm (-2.76 inches to +2.76 inches), though measured data extends above and below 7cm(2.76 inches). This particular range was chosen to highlight variations in sea level change.
Spinning globe showing TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. Earth spins once before camera zooms into West Atlantic, East Pacific, and West Pacific regions.
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. Flat map - print still
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. Flat map - print still. With color bar
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. 3d globe focused on the Atlantic Ocean - print still
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. 3d globe focused on the eastern portion of the Pacific Ocean - print still
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. 3d globe focused on the western portion of the Pacific Ocean - print still
TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level data. 3d globe focused on the western portion of the Atlantic Ocean - print still
red to white to blue colorbar. -3cm to 3cm
red to white to blue colorbar. -2.76in to 2.76in
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Kel Elkins (USRA)
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Producer
- Patrick Lynch (Wyle Information Systems)
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Scientist
- Josh Willis (JPL)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
This page was last updated on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 10:27 PM EDT.
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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[TOPEX: Poseidon]
ID: 105 -
Sea Surface Height [Jason-1: Altimeter]
ID: 332 -
SSH (Sea Surface Height) [Jason-2: CNES Poseidon-3 Altimeter]
ID: 668
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.