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27.11.2023 Swot first images

a video clip of the first images from the Swot mission


15.11.2023 Release of Reprocessed TOPEX/Poseidon Data

It is with enormous pleasure and no small amount of relief that we announce the release of the newly reprocessed TOPEX/Poseidon Data, just 11,411 days after launch. [more]


10.11.2023 Rapid-changing ocean circulation seen thanks to the Swot 1-day orbit

During the first six months of the mission, Swot was placed in a 1-day orbit that passed over the same point every day, with the added benefit of observing rapidly changing features of the oceans.


10.11.2023 November 2023: Altimetry helps in coastal flood risk warnings

Storms can lead to coastal submersion. Useful information for their assessment can be extracted from altimetry datasets, although models are used to forecast them everywhere.