SEA LEVEL (TOPEX/POSEIDON)

Sea level rise is caused by the thermal expansion of sea water due to climate warming and widespread melting of land ice. The TOPEX/POSEIDON mission a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES, which operated between 1992 and 2005 to collect ocean surface and sea level data to support the mission of understanding ocean circulation.

Data and Resources

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identifier NASA-0000047
issued 2018-06-25
modified 2025-07-14
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publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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temporal 1992-01-01/2002-01-01
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  • electricity
  • ephemerides
  • geodetics
  • land-ice
  • news
  • radar
  • waves
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maintainer Randal Jackson
maintainer_email randal.k.jackson@jpl.nasa.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T17:29:51.032118
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T17:29:51.032130
notes Sea level rise is caused by the thermal expansion of sea water due to climate warming and widespread melting of land ice. The TOPEX/POSEIDON mission a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES, which operated between 1992 and 2005 to collect ocean surface and sea level data to support the mission of understanding ocean circulation.
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title SEA LEVEL (TOPEX/POSEIDON)