Surface Water and Ocean Topography
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surface-water-and-ocean-topography-161-8117862
title:
Surface Water and Ocean Topography
text:
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of the mission are to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time. While past satellite missions like the J
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description:
NASA/CNES oceanography mission (2022–Present)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Water_and_Ocean_Topography
date created:
2008-09-25T20:48:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:44:12Z
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