Open AccessUsing Images of Continental Water Surface Elevations From Upcoming Satellite Mission
Author(s) -
Biancamaria Sylvian,
Andreadis Konstantinos M.,
Ricci Sophie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo120004
Subject(s) - satellite , swot analysis , elevation (ballistics) , ocean surface topography , remote sensing , surface water , agency (philosophy) , environmental science , geography , geology , geodesy , engineering , aerospace engineering , business , philosophy , structural engineering , epistemology , marketing , environmental engineering
The proposed Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, which is under development at NASA, the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), and the Canadian Space Agency, is currently planned for launch in 2020. SWOT would provide maps of water surface elevation globally, observing rivers wider than about 50–100 meters and other water bodies with dimensions (widths and lengths) greater than 250 meters.