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SWOT Satellite Measures Pacific Tsunami
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The SWOT satellite caught the leading edge of the tsunami wave that rolled through the Pacific Ocean on July 30,…

Aug 7, 2025
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Ohio Basin Lakes Water Levels
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Data from the SWOT satellite was used to calculate average water levels for lakes and reservoirs in the Ohio River…

Dec 17, 2024
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SWOT Captures Planet-Rumbling Greenland Tsunami
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A SWOT data visualization shows high water levels on the northern side of Greenland's Dickson Fjord on Sept. 17, 2023.…

Oct 31, 2024
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SWOT Captures Flooding in Bangladesh
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Flooding from monsoon rains covers a wide region of northeast Bangladesh in this Oct. 8, 2023, image showing data from…

May 7, 2024
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SWOT Death Valley Lake Depth
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Water depths in Death Valley's temporary lake ranged between about 3 feet (or 1 meter, shown in dark blue) to…

Apr 15, 2024
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California Coastal Flooding Captured in SWOT Data
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This image shows SWOT satellite data for water surface height in part of Mendocino County, Northern California, on Jan. 15,…

Mar 5, 2024
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SWOT Monitors El Niño off Peru
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Data from the SWOT satellite shows sea level anomalies off the coast of Ecuador and Peru on Aug. 12, 2023,…

Nov 8, 2023
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SWOT’s Detailed View of Global Sea Level
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This animation shows global sea level data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite from July 26 to…

Oct 30, 2023
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SWOT Monitors Warming Waters Off California Coast
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This data visualization shows sea surface heights off the northern California coast in August, 2023, as measured by the SWOT…

Sep 19, 2023
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