Geoscientists use satellite data to determine how water shapes the land

What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this ...
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Flood forecasting from space, NASA’s SWOT satellite is making it happen

WASHINGTON — A NASA satellite is giving scientists an unprecedented look at bodies of water all over the world. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, also known as SWOT, is already ...

Tsunamis aren’t what we thought: NASA satellite throws new light on how giant waves travel

SWOT was never designed to track disasters. Launched in December 2022 as a joint mission between NASA and France’s Centre ...
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NASA’s SWOT satellite captures first detailed look at 2025 tsunami, revealing mid-ocean waves and dispersive behaviour

On 29 July 2025, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami and providing a rare scientific opportunity for researchers worldwide ...
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New NASA Satellite Photos Could Change The Way We Understand Tsunamis

The most recent breakthrough in human understanding of extreme weather events happened by accident. Tsunami physics has always been difficult to study, both because of their infrequency and the ...