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Data collected by NASA’s Sentinel-6/Jason-CS are integral for tracking sea surface height as well as temperature and humidity in the troposphere. Explore Sentinel-6/Jason-CS datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.

Latest Data Release: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich reprocessed altimetry datasets were released on Dec. 4, 2025. Learn more.

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Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research complete time series Version 5.2 AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to Present 5.2 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 5.2 AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to Present 5.2 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 6.0 AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to 2025-05-22 6.0 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height
MEaSUREs Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Version 2205 AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, POSEIDON-3B, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1992-10-01 to 2022-12-22 2205 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height
NASA-SSH Along-Track Sea Surface Height from Standardized Reference Missions Version 1 SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1992-10-25 to Present 1 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA)
NASA-SSH ENSO Sea Surface Height Indicator SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1993-01-04 1 ACTIVE ASCII Sea Level, Sea Surface Height
NASA-SSH Global Mean Sea Level from Simple Gridded Sea Surface Height SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1993-01-04 1 ACTIVE ASCII Sea Level, Sea Surface Height
NASA-SSH IOD Sea Surface Height Indicator SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1993-01-04 1 ACTIVE ASCII Sea Level, Sea Surface Height
NASA-SSH PDO Sea Surface Height Indicator SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1993-01-04 1 ACTIVE ASCII Sea Level, Sea Surface Height
NASA-SSH Simple Gridded Sea Surface Height from Standardized Reference Missions Only Version 1 SSALT, NRA, TMR, POSEIDON-2, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-3, AMR, POSEIDON-3B, AMR-2, Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C 1992-10-25 to Present 1 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA)
Sentinel-6 NASA/JPL GNSS-RO Near-Real-Time Level 1B V1 (S6A_RO_1B_NRT_NC__) at GES DISC GNSS RECEIVER 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6 NASA/JPL GNSS-RO Non-Time-Critical Level 1B V1 (S6A_RO_1B_NTC_NC__) at GES DISC RO 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6 NASA/JPL GNSS-RO Non-Time-Critical Level 2 V1 (S6A_RO_2__NTC_NC__) at GES DISC RO 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6A EUMETSAT GNSS-RO Non-Time-Critical Level 1B V1 (S6A_RO_1B_BND_____) at GES DISC RO 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6A GNSS-POD Level 1B Daily RINEX V1 (S6A_GN_1B_RNXD_AX_) at GES DISC GNSS 2020-11-26 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6A Level 1B GNSS Radio Occultation Daily RINEX V1 (S6A_RO_1B_POD_RNX_) at GES DISC RO 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6A Level 2 GNSS Radio Occultation Near-Real-Time V1 (S6A_RO_2__NRT_NC__) at GES DISC RO 2020-11-28 to Present 1 ACTIVE Temperature Variability, Radio Wave, Common Sense Climate Index, Electron Flux, Geolocation, PHASE AND AMPLITUDE, Microwave, Temperature Indices
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1A P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Intermediate Outputs with Instrument Calibrations F08 Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER, GNSS-RO RECEIVER, Star Tracker 2020-11-30 F08 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Significant Wave Height
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1A P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Intermediate Outputs with Instrument Calibrations G01 Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER, GNSS-RO RECEIVER, Star Tracker 2020-11-30 G01 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Significant Wave Height
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1A P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) STC Intermediate Outputs with Instrument Calibrations Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter, AMR-C, DORIS, GNSS RECEIVER, GNSS-RO RECEIVER, Star Tracker 2020-12-07 F ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Significant Wave Height
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1B GNSS-POD Tracking Data Daily GNSS RECEIVER 2020-11-26 F ACTIVE RINEX
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1B GNSS-POD Tracking Data Hourly GNSS RECEIVER 2020-11-26 F ACTIVE RINEX
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1B GNSS-RO-POD Tracking Data Hourly GNSS-RO RECEIVER 2020-11-28 F ACTIVE RINEX
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1B P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Geolocated Waveforms F08 Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter 2020-11-30 F08 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Significant Wave Height
Sentinel-6A MF Jason-CS L1B P4 Altimeter High Resolution (HR) NTC Geolocated Waveforms G01 Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter 2020-11-30 G01 ACTIVE netCDF-4 Sea Surface Height, Significant Wave Height
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Sentinel-6/Jason-CS Data Tools

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HiTIDE Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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