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SWOT Spots Tsunami Wave After Kamchatka Quake
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Data provided by the water satellite are helping to improve tsunami forecast models.
Aug 13, 2025
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Seamounts and Abyssal Hills Mapped From Space
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Depictions of the seafloor derived from satellite data can improve underwater navigation and increase knowledge of how heat and life…
Mar 31, 2025
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Sizing Up a Greenland Tsunami
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Satellite data show the shape of a wave as water sloshed around Dickson Fjord after a rockslide triggered a tsunami…
Nov 11, 2024
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How Deep Was Death Valley’s Temporary Lake?
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Researchers used satellite data to calculate the depth of water in this transient freshwater body.
Apr 15, 2024
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SWOT Observes Coastal California Flooding
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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in…
Mar 5, 2024
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Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Views
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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on Earth’s surface,…
Mar 27, 2023
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