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TOPEX/JASON Sea Level
This visualization shows the relative sea level around the Earth. Sea level is represented by both color (blue=low, red=high) and bumpiness. The range is -500 mm to +500 mm.

Spinning globe showing TOPEX/JASON sea level data    Spinning globe showing TOPEX/JASON sea level data
Duration: 2.5 minutes
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Color bar for TOPEX/JASON sea level: -500mm is blue, 0mm is gray, +500m is red    Color bar for TOPEX/JASON sea level: -500mm is blue, 0mm is gray, +500m is red

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TOPEX sea level in Eastern Equatorial Pacific from 04 December 1997 (El Nino)    TOPEX sea level in Eastern Equatorial Pacific from 04 December 1997 (El Nino)

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TOPEX sea level of the Altantic Ocean on 14 January 1996    TOPEX sea level of the Altantic Ocean on 14 January 1996

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Animation Number:3206
Completed:2005-05-13
Animator:Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Scientist:Akiko Hayashi (NASA/JPL CalTech)
Writer:Michael Starobin (HTSI)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Jason-1/Altimeter/Sea Surface Height
 TOPEX/Poseidon/Sea Surface Height
Data Collected:1992/10/10 to 2005/05/06
Series:Sea Level NSU
Keywords:
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Sea Surface Topography >> Sea Surface Height
More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/sealevel_feature.html
 
 
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