About Jason-3 mission

Launched on January 17, 2016, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (California, USA), Jason-3 is the result of a joint effort led by CNES, NASA, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), continuing a legacy of ocean surface topography measurements that began in 1992 with the TOPEX/Poseidon mission.
Jason-3 is a continuation of Jason-1 and Jason-2, with a focus on climate applications. Provided by CNES, Poseidon-3B is the main instrument on Jason-3, with similar characteristics to the Poseidon-3 altimeter on Jason-2, including further improvements to the tracking mode algorithms.
For more information on the Jason-3 mission, you can visit the AVISO website.

Jason-3 applications

• Extending TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 time series
• Improve ocean forecasting capabilities based on high-precision, near-real time measurements of ocean surface topography (operational oceanography)
• Better characterize the decadal variability of the large-scale ocean circulation
• Improve measurements of global sea level changes
• Improve tide and wave models

Disclaimer

To access Jason-3 data, please use your AVISO credentials. If you don't have a "MY AVISO" account, please register [here]. AVISO credentials (login = email address and password) will be sent by email.