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Poseidon-2 Resources
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Poseidon-2 Learning Resources
For more than 30 years, NASA and its partners have flown satellite altimeter missions providing essential sea level change data to inform coastal communities.
Data in Action
Feb. 5, 2025
Sentinel-6 and Multi-Scale Ultra-High Resolution data reveal how Hurricane Helene rapidly intensified in the warm Gulf waters.
Data in Action
Oct. 3, 2024
Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission reveal complex interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere that affect global weather and climate such as El Niño.
Data in Action
Oct. 31, 2023
SWOT provides high-resolution data to help researchers monitor the vertical transport of heat and carbon within the ocean.
Data in Action
Sept. 15, 2023
SWOT and ECCO can measure sea surface height at different resolutions for monitoring the ocean's vertical heat, carbon transport, and other processes.
Data in Action
Nov. 2, 2022
Improvements in the new version of this gridded product enhance data collection for the oceanography and climate science communities.
Data in Action
June 15, 2022
Waves and Satellites: Effect of El Niño on Big Wave Surfing
Data in Action
Jan. 25, 2016
Learn how satellite altimetry is used to measure the heights of rivers and lakes.
Data in Action
May 11, 2015
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The new Sea Level Change Data Pathfinder highlights the different datasets used to piece together the status and drivers of sea level rise.
Feature Article
Feb. 18, 2022
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Adnan Al-Azri, to study why periodic harmful blooms of algae occur in the Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea.
Data User Story
April 22, 2021
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