22-year Sea Level Rise - TOPEX/JASON

  • Released Wednesday, August 26, 2015
  • Updated Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 3:49PM
  • ID: 4345

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

TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level  data. Flat map - print still. With color bar

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 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 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 Pacific Ocean - print still

TOPEX/JASON 22-year sea level  data. 3d globe focused on the western portion of the Atlantic 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. -3cm to 3cm

red to white to blue colorbar. -2.76in to 2.76in

red to white to blue colorbar. -2.76in to 2.76in



Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio


Missions

This visualization is related to the following missions:

Datasets used in this visualization

TOPEX (Collected with the Poseidon sensor)
Jason-1 Sea Surface Height (Collected with the Altimeter sensor)
Jason-2 SSH (A.K.A. Sea Surface Height) (Collected with the CNES Poseidon-3 Altimeter sensor)

Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.



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