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Arctic Lakes
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May 8, 2014
Arctic Lakes
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A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect.
Diagram of SWOT Data Collection
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Disappearing lakes in Barrow, Alaska.
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A Flooded Forest in the Amazon
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An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (March 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
SWOT will provide NASA’s first global survey of Earth’s surface water.
SWOT (Animated Gif)
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).
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NASA’s Blue Marble
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NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
SpaceX Launch Vehicle
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2015).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
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Team members who helped load the hardware onto a C-17 aircraft for SWOT's transfer from Southern, Calif. to Cannes France.
An early rendering of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2011).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (1 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
The logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo
SWOT technologies - advanced wide-swath technology, ocean and surface water topography measurements, and high-resolution products - will support such societal needs as dams, shipping, and surface w...
SWOT Technologies and Societal Needs
Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Artist's Impression of the SWOT Satellite
This SWOT "Bannerbug" exhibit was created for display during hardware tests conducted during an eleven-day period in October 2008.
SWOT Banner on Display
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Open House visitors are delighted to see how well their color-coded stickers match the "sea surface topography model of the Gulf of Mexico within a wooden box.
"SWOT in a Box" Reveal - Gulf of Mexico Model
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (January 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
Arctic
Arctic
Crowds flock to the Earth Sciences exhibits during the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) "Open House" event, giving volunteers (red shirts) a chance to share information about their various miss...
JPL Open House Earth Sciences Exhibits
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SWOT 1-Day Repeat Orbit
A photograph of the Amazon River Delta, captured by Landsat in 2006.
Landsat view of Amazon Delta
