Premium Only Content
SWOT Analysis: Satellite for Earth Science Enhances Future Community Planning.
A new Earth science mission, led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), will help communities plan for a better future by surveying the planet’s salt and freshwater bodies. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will measure the height of water in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the oceans.
As climate change accelerates the water cycle, more communities around the world will be inundated with water while others won’t have enough. SWOT data will be used to improve flood forecasts and monitor drought conditions, providing essential information to water management agencies, civil engineers, universities, the U.S. Department of Defense, disaster preparedness agencies, and others who need to track water in their local areas. In this video, examples of how SWOT data will be used in these communities are shared by a National Weather Service representative in Oregon, an Alaska Department of Transportation engineer, researchers from the University of Oregon and University of North Carolina, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist working with the Department of Defense, and a JPL scientist working with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Agency.
SWOT is expected to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in December 2022.
The mission is a collaboration between NASA and CNES, with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency and UK Space Agency. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, leads the U.S. component of the project.
To learn more about the mission, visit: https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/Thales Alenia Space
-
2:26:35
Father Russell
4 hours agoThrone and Liberty | Morning Stream
27.6K1 -
5:59:12
ColdHe4rted
9 hours agoOverwatch = new tank! Lets go!
21.5K1 -
5:19:50
SLS - Street League Skateboarding
8 days ago2024 SLS Tokyo: Women’s and Men’s Knockout Rounds
552K29 -
2:51:00
Fresh and Fit
12 hours agoWomen Claim To Give Better Dating Advice So We Did THIS...
176K94 -
5:16:50
CHiLi XDD
13 hours ago[F EM UP Friday] Take # 2 [Destiny 2] Lets Kick Some A$$! #RumbleTakeOver
92.2K7 -
5:13:43
ItsMossy
19 hours agoHALO WITH THE RUMBLERS (: #RUMBLETAKEOVER
70.5K2 -
1:54:08
INFILTRATION85
13 hours agoHi, I'm INFILTRATION
57.4K9 -
7:51:03
GuardianRUBY
14 hours agoRumble Takeover! The Rumblings are strong
113K5 -
4:28:45
Etheraeon
22 hours agoWorld of Warcraft: Classic | Fresh Level 1 Druid | 500 Follower Goal
76.5K3 -
3:17:21
VapinGamers
14 hours ago $4.13 earned🎮🔥Scrollin’ and Trollin’: ESO Adventures Unleashed!
53.3K2