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CNES - First SWOT Images Video Gallery

Published: October 4, 2023

This video gallery produced by CNES highlights some of the first images from the SWOT mission, from sea ice extent to coastal sea height to river and lake measurements around the globe.

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This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007.
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This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007
Perpetual Ocean
This short educational documentary was created by SWOT PI Dr. Faisal Hossain to showcase to the potential value of current and emerging water satellites for society.
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Space: Come Hell or High Water
This visualization shows the progression of improved data resolution from satellite altimeters in the past, present, and future.
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This visualization shows the progression of improved data resolution from satellite altimeters in the past, present, and future
Altimetry: Past, Present and Future
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The broadcast that was shown during SWOT's launch.
Launch of the International SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) Mission (NASA Broadcast)
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite deployed its solar arrays while in Earth orbit.
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A sped-up video showing the deployment of SWOT's solar panel array.
SWOT Deploys Solar Arrays
Tahani Amer oversees several Earth science missions for NASA, including the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a mission led by NASA and the French space agency Cent...
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A video introducing Tahani Amer and chatting with her about her work on SWOT.
Mission Makers: Tahani Amer, NASA Program Executive for the SWOT Water-Tracking Mission
A short demonstration of internal waves using a tank filled with mineral oil and water.
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Video of Internal Wave Tank Demonstration
Internal Wave Tank Demonstration
Using the vehicle of multi-media entertainment and a real-life scenario, Dr. Faisal Hossain, a member of the SWOT Science Definition Team, and a Fulbright Scholar has experimented with an alternati...
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Video of Dr. Faisal Hossain
Rising Tide
A presentation on SWOT by Dr. Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, Director of the NASA Sea Level Change Team and the Ocean Physics program. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will be NASA...
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A recording of a science talk given by Dr. Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer.
Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Science Talk
The water cycle is how atmosphere, land and ocean processes interact with each other.
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Video of Altimetry and the Water Cycle
Altimetry and the Water Cycle
Measuring Water from Space: Tamlin Pavelsky, SWOT’s Hydrology Science Lead and Professor at UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, explains how SWOT data is being validated from North Carolina to New ...
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A video of SWOT's Hydrology science lead explaining how SWOT data is being validated.
Measuring Water from Space
The SWOT satellite is set to survey the height, area and changes in volume over time in lakes with a surface area of 6 hectares (15 acres) or more (i.e., an outline of 250 m by 250 m or 820 ft by 8...
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Video of SWOT - The Lake Surveyor
SWOT - The Lake Surveyor
Nine months after the mission’s successful launch, the SWOT Science Team met in Toulouse, France, bringing together 300 people from 17 countries on all continents to discuss the results obtained wi...
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A recording off a press conference given by CNES about SWOT's first data.
Recording of SWOT International Science Team Meeting Press Event - September 2023
The ocean is responsible for Earth's mild climate and makes life on Earth possible for all creatures. As global ocean temperatures increase, the ocean water expands causing sea level rise which can...
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Video of Planet Earth: The Water Planet
Planet Earth: The Water Planet
An animation of the streams, tributaries and rivers that make up the Mississippi watershed.
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An animation of the streams, tributaries and rivers that make up the Mississippi watershed.
The Rivers of the Mississippi Watershed
SWOT will collect data across a 120 km wide swath, with a gap in the center for an altimetry track.
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This animation shows the collection of data over the state of Florida, which is rich with rivers, lakes and wetlands.
SWOT Data Collection Over Florida
The deployment of SWOT's solar panels is featured in this animation.
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The deployment of SWOT's solar panels is featured in this animation.
Solar Panel Deployment
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Video of SWOT River Products
SWOT River Products
To become operational in orbit, SWOT will need to deploy components that were stored for the launch and orbit insertion process. First, the solar panels will deploy to power the spacecraft. This an...
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An animation or how SWOT's solar panels will deploy once in orbit.
SWOT Solar Panel Deployment
SWOT will include a Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) that will send and receive radar pulses to antennas mounted on booms attached to the spacecraft.
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This animation shows the various stages of boom deployment for the interferometer antennas.
Deployment of Interferometer Antennas
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission (SWOT) will help scientists monitor Earth’s ocean, as well as the amount of freshwater in its lakes and rivers when it launches in late 2022. After e...
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A video introducing and discussing the SWOT mission, with visuals showing the mission being built in JPL's clean room.
Water-Monitoring Satellite Moves Closer to Launch
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A video recap of the SWOT launch.
International SWOT Mission Launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base (Launch Recap)
This video shows a snapshot of ocean turbulence in the North Atlantic Ocean from January through March of 2012.
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Video of NASA Simulation Shows Ocean Turbulence in the North Atlantic
NASA Simulation Shows Ocean Turbulence in the North Atlantic
Where There's Water...There's SWOT provides an overview of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, which will make the first global survey of Earth's surface water.
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Animated scenes showing SWOT in orbit
Where There's Water...There's SWOT
Meet some of the scientists and engineers contributing to a new Earth science mission, led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). The Surface Water and Ocean...
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A teaser trailer going over an introduction to several of the engineers and scientists behind the building of SWOT
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