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25.01.2023 10:28 Age: 2 yrs
First waveforms over river from the nadir altimeter on SWOT
Category: News of the Swot mission
After a successful launch on Dec. 16, 2022, the Poseidon-3C nadir altimeter onboard the Swot satellite has started delivering its first measurements, on rivers & lakes too.
After a successful launch on Dec. 16, 2022, the Poseidon-3C nadir altimeter onboard the Swot satellite has started delivering its first measurements.
The colored images on this map show the waveforms sucessfully acquired by Poseidon-3C over several rivers in the Maroni basin in French Guiana, on January 20, 2023.
These waveforms show the already excellent tracking performances of Poseidon-3C in orbit.
This first result is very promising for the upcoming commisionning phase of this new nadir altimeter!
I-GDR data have been processed through the Cnes Swot Expertise Center.