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NASA's Blue Marble
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May 5, 2014
NASA’s Blue Marble
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A photograph of the Amazon River Delta, captured by Landsat in 2006.
Landsat view of Amazon Delta
AirSWOT is using parts of Saskatchewan as a testing ground for mapping water levels.
The Saskatchewan River and Prairie Potholes
A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect.
Diagram of SWOT Data Collection
An alternate logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo with Full Text
Pictured are team members who helped load the hardware for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite's research instruments onto a C-17 airplane pose for a picture. The payload left M...
Team members who helped load the hardware onto a C-17 aircraft for SWOT's transfer from Southern, Calif. to Cannes France.
Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Artist's Impression of the SWOT Satellite
A banner explaining the purpose of the SWOT mission, created and displayed during testing.
Understanding Surface Water Characteristics and Ocean Dynamics
Floodplain Channel in the Amazon
Floodplain Channel in the Amazon
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 Stream within a wooden box.
"SWOT in a Box" Reveal - Gulf Stream Model
SWOT Applications Lead, Margaret Srinivasan, helps young visitors match data user types - from coastal safety officers to farmers - with pictures representing SWOT applications.
SWOT Matching Card Game
The SWOT satellite observatory is being jointly built by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
NASA
The logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo
The U.K. Space Agency will provide a part of the radar payload for SWOT.
United Kingdom Space Agency
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (2 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
SWOT will collect data across a 75-mile (120-kilometer) wide swath, with a gap in the center for an altimetry track. This animation shows the collection of data over the state of Florida, which is ...
This animation shows a simulation of SWOT collecting data over the state of Florida.
Arctic Lakes
Arctic Lakes
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.
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (4 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (1 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
Siberian Lakes
Siberian Lakes
Lake Calado, Amazon
Lake Calado, Amazon
Artist’s concept of seven altimeters orbiting Earth: Jason-CS/Sentinel-6B, SWOT, Sentinel-6A, Jason 3, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason 1 and OSTM/Jason 2.
Altimeter Series
Soccer Nets on a levee in the Amazon
Soccer Nets on a Levee in the Amazon
This animation shows estimates of average sea ice freeboard — or the amount of ice above the waterline — taken over a 21-day period from Aug. 8, 2023, to Jan. 14, 2024, by the Surface Water and Oce...
SWOT cryosphere animation: sea ice freeboard
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
