NASA SWOT: Earth Science Satellite Plan for a Surveying the Planet’s Salt & Freshwater bodies.

SWOT: Earth Science Satellite Will Help Communities Plan for a Better Future surveying the planet’s salt and freshwater bodies.
A new Earth science mission, led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes 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.