NASA has funded 11 new projects as part of the agency’s Earth Science Data Systems’ Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth Systems Science (ACCESS) program. Proposals submitted in 2019 and funded in 2020 focused on three areas: machine learning, science in the cloud, and open source tools.

How much do you know about SWOT? Take the quiz and learn about how and where SWOT will provide us with new and detailed information on one of our most important resources– water.

The SWOT Science Team is made up of researchers from across the globe, with expertise in ocean and hydrologic sciences. Learn more about what will make SWOT a transformational satellite mission by visiting the Science Team page.

Scroll through these e-brochures to learn what SWOT will measure –and why the very first comprehensive view of Earth's freshwater bodies from space will be so important for both research and society.