2024 Images of the Month
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Nov. 2024: Earthshaking waves from a landslide observed by Swot in a fjord
Swot observed long-lived seiche waves from a landslide in a fjord, which provoked a 9-day-long, global seismic signal
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Oct. 2024: Swot & swell
One of the unexpected outputs of Swot is that storm-generated swells are clearly seen in KaRIn Sea Surface Height, even those with amplitude as small as 3 cm.
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Sep. 2024: Changing scale in eddy observation
The high resolution and wide swath of the SWOT's main instrument KaRIn enables the observation of eddies ten times smaller than previous altimetry missions
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Aug. 2024: Gibraltar’s internal wave viewed by Swot
Internal waves can be generated when water is going through a Strait, such as Gibraltar. Swot is observing them.
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Jul. 2024: Bay of Fundy tides seen by the FES2022 model
The last release of FES tidal solution, FES2022b, is now available and shows a great improvement compared to previous version.
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Jun. 2024: Here comes La Niña?
El Niño began to dwindle, and the next question is: what's next? El Niño, neutral or La Niña?
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May 2024: Swot measurements help in seafloor mapping
A single Swot KaRIn altimeter swath can produce marine gravity data of a quality comparable to that obtained over 20 years of conventional nadir altimetry.
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Apr. 2024: Ocean mirrors the (details of the) depths
The Mean Sea Surface is one of the reference surfaces computed for, and from, altimetry. Including the geoid, it comprises the effect of undersea reliefs on the gravity field
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Mar. 2024: Sea ice observed by Swot
Swot observes ice leads and the SSH in them, thus enabling to retrieve sea ice freeboard
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Feb. 2024: A turtle in the English Channel's tidal currents
Marine animals such as sea turtles are subject to currents, tidal ones included. Their knowledge can help in protecting those endangered species
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Jan. 2024: Internal tides by Swot
Internal tides surface signature can reach several centimeters in some locations. Swot enables to observe them.