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SWOT Emblem
Published:
January 1, 2015
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
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An image of the original concept for the Water and Terrestrial Elevation Recovery (WATER) Mission, which later became SWOT.
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A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect.
Diagram of SWOT Data Collection
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Floodplain Channel in the Amazon
Visiting Scout uses a color-coded, calibrated stick to determine "sea surface topography" within a wooden box while his sister records his results by placing stickers on a card.
Probing the Depths of "SWOT in a Box"
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SWOT Exhibit at JPL Open House
AirSWOT plays a key role in SWOT mission development. It allows scientists to study interferometric data before launch and thus be prepared to effectively interpret SWOT data after launch.
AirSWOT Platform
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (2 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2015).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
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Arctic
A view of SWOT from inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, as it was being loaded en route to Thales Alenia Space near Cannes, France.
A view of SWOT as it was being loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft en route to Thales Alenia Space near Cannes, France.
SWOT leaving NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, en route to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California. Once the scientific payload arrived, it was sent to a Thale...
SWOT leaving NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California en route to March Air Reserve Base.
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (January 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
A banner explaining the purpose of the SWOT mission, created and displayed during testing.
Understanding Surface Water Characteristics and Ocean Dynamics
The Canadian Space Agency will contribute to the SWOT Mission by providing a high-power assembly component for SWOT’s Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn).
Canadian Space Agency
SWOT will provide NASA’s first global survey of Earth’s surface water.
SWOT (Animated Gif)
The SWOT satellite observatory is being jointly built by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
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Siberian Lakes
AirSWOT is using parts of Saskatchewan as a testing ground for mapping water levels.
The Saskatchewan River and Prairie Potholes
An early rendering of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2011).
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The logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo
NASA’s Blue Marble
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