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Nov 7 2022
November 7, 22
William Sweet is a NOAA Oceanographer spearheading efforts to track and predict changes in sea level and coastal flood risk…
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![NOAA to Enter Third Decade of Monitoring Sea Level with Jason-3](/s3/migrated/sea_level.jpg)
NOAA began monitoring sea level more than 20 years ago, with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1992. NOAA launched its newest…
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![A Decade of Global Sea Level Measurements: Jason-2 Marks Tenth Year in Orbit](/s3/migrated/OSTM-past-pres-future41.jpg)
Jason-2, the oceanography satellite that has helped us map the ocean floor and measure global sea level rise, marks its…
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![The State of the Climate in 2020: International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels](/s3/2021-08/2020_09_13-19.16.55.418-CDT.jpg)
Greenhouse gases and global sea levels both reached record highs in 2020—as the planet sweltered in a near-record warm year.
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![Rising Sea Levels and Sirocco Winds Worsen Flooding for Venice](/s3/migrated/Venicetimeditfinal.jpg)
The NOAA-20 satellite captured imagery of Venice, Italy, on Nov. 14, 2019, after devastating floods disrupted essential…
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![JASON-3 Mission](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Jason-3 is a satellite mission that supports scientific, commercial and practical applications related to sea level rise,…
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![Glossary of Terms](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
This is a Glossary of Terms for Jason-3, Jason-3 is a satellite mission that supports scientific, commercial and practical…
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![The Volga River Delta and Northern Caspian Sea](/s3/migrated/20180409-caspiansea.png)
The Suomi NPP satellite captured this clear-sky view of the Volga River Delta and the northern Caspian Sea on April 9, 2018…
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![Warm Sea Surface Temperatures in the Western North Atlantic](/s3/2021-08/navy-sst-bb.gif)
NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites are monitoring higher than average sea surface temperatures in the western North…
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![Jason-3 Will Add to Record of the Sea's Rise and Fall](/s3/migrated/sea_level3.jpg)
Jason-3, a mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is currently scheduled to launch on July…
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![Study Involving NOAA Satellite Data Finds Coastal Lighting Policies a Boon to Sea Turtles](/s3/migrated/noaa_study_on_sea_turtles_clip_image001.jpg)
A study from the University of Central Florida (UCF) involving data from NOAA satellites finds that the lighting ordinances…
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![NOAA Releases Updated 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook](/s3/2023-08/2023_08_10_Atlantic_HurricaneSeason_Outlook_Update.png)
Due to current ocean and atmospheric conditions, such as record-warm sea surface temperatures, NOAA’s Climate Prediction…
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![Earth from Orbit: World’s Largest Iceberg Begins to Break Up](/s3/2021-07/Iceberg_A76_thumbnail_title.png)
An iceberg nearly the size of Delaware sheared off from the edge of Antarctica earlier this month and floated into the…
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![Earth from Orbit: Cargo Ship Backup Seen from Space](/s3/2021-07/suez169.png)
Imagery from the NOAA-20 satellite showed more than 400 cargo ships backed up in the Red Sea and Bitter Lake due to a ship…
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![Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Launch of Jason-3](/s3/2021-07/Jason%202%20and%203%20ground%20tracks.jpg)
A year has passed since the Jason-3 satellite rocketed into space. NOAA's Laboratory of Satellite Altimetry provided us…