Global Observations of Fine-Scale Ocean Surface Topography With the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 The future international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, planned for launch in 2021, will make high-resolution 2D observations of sea-surface height using SAR radar interferometric techniques.
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Launching Into Societal Benefits From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission
Water Resources ResearchThe 10th Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Applications Meeting, held one year after the satellite's launch, highlighted significant milestones in mission progress and showcased the innovative work of SWOT Early Adopters (EA) using mission data ...
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Engaging the Applications Community of the future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015 NASA and the French space agency, CNES, with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) are developing new wide swath altimetry technology that will cover most of the world’s ocean and surface freshwater ...
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Geophysical Research LettersIntertidal zones of the Ganges‐Brahmaputra (GB) delta are among the most active coastal environments worldwide, and quantifying their morphological evolution remains challenging due to rapid change and scarce in situ observations.
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Geophysical Research LettersThe elevations of water surfaces hold important information on the earth's oceans and land surface waters. Ocean sea surface height is related to the internal change of the ocean's density and mass associated with ocean circulation and its response to ...
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Three-Dimensional Observations of a Mesoscale Eddy in the Kuroshio Extension Based on Multiple Platforms [PDF]
Scientific DataMesoscale eddies are the most striking feature in the global upper ocean with notable effects on the climate and marine ecosystem. However, acquiring three-dimensional structure of mesoscale eddies remains challenging as their scale is still beyond the ...
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Geophysical Research LettersThe NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) swath‐mapping radar altimetry satellite mission, launched in December 2022, provides repeat‐track coverage to about ±78.2° latitude every 21 days, sampling many of Antarctica's most dynamic ice ...
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 The future surface water and ocean topography (SWOT) satellite mission will provide images of surface water topography for inland water bodies and oceans.
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Impact of Surface Waves on SWOT’s Projected Ocean Accuracy
Remote Sensing, 2015 The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission being considered by NASA has, as one of its main objectives, to measure ocean topography with centimeter scale accuracy over kilometer scale spatial resolution.
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