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30.05.2023 The Swot CalVal site in Baie de Veys (Normandy, France) is set up and running

Lidar flights trajectory over the Swot 1-day orbit track in the vicinity of the Baie de Veys in Normandy, France (credit M2C Lab, Université de Rouen).

Swot "Adopt a Crossover" is also ongoing on the rivers and coastal areas. The Baie de Veys site has been installed in March, and now Lidar flight synchronized with Swot 1-day orbit are performed[more]


30.05.2023 Swot CalVal field work on the Amazon River

Situation map (Credit SGB/CPRM-IRD).

The SGB/CPRM (Geological Survey of Brazil) and IRD (France) realized a joint field work on the Amazon River for the calibration and validation (CalVal) phase of the Swot Satellite. [more]


10.05.2023 Validating Swot measurements in the Western Mediterranean Sea

SST situation map of the FaSt-Swot campaign on April 21, 2023, with the two Swot wide-swaths (delimited by the white parallel lines) and the study area (white box) (Credit Imedea/Socib; SST data: EU Copernicus Marine Service)

A series of at-sea campaigns to calibrate and validate the Swot sea surface heights are ongoing. One of the Mediterranean Sea at-sea campaign was recently carried out, with interesting results to be compared with the Swot...[more]


02.05.2023 May 2023: Swot in an Estuary-River system

Swot should bring a whole new perspective on coastal and estuarine studies. The Swot-UK project is focused on such an area, with especially strong tides.