SWOT: Earth Science Satellite WiL Help Communities Plan for a Better Future

A new Earth science mission, Led by NASA and the French
space agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNEs),
will help communities plan for a better future by surveying
the planet's salt and freshwater bodies. The Surface Water
and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will measure the
height of water in Lakes, rivers, reserUoirs, and the oceans.
As climate change accelerates the water cycle, more
Communities around the world will be inundated with water
while others won't have enough. SWOT data wilL be used
to imprOve flood forecasts and monitor drouçht conditions,
prouiding essential information to water managemernt
agencies, civil engineers, universities, the U.S. Department
of Defense, discster preparedness agencies, and others whoneed to track water in their lOcal areas. In this video,
examples of how SWOT data wilL be used in these
communities are shared by a National Weather Service
representative in Oregon, an Alaska Department of
Transportation engineer, researchers from the University of
Oregon and University of North CaroLina, a NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory scientist working with the
Department of Defense, and a JPL scientist working with
the Louisicna Coastal Protection and Restoration Agency.
:30 - FLood Watches & Warnings - Portland, Oregon
I:08 - Water Managenment Fern Řidge Lake, Oregon
2:05 - Protecting Infrastructure
ALaska
2:54 - National Security Department of Defense
3:24 - Coastal Protection - Mississippi River Delta
SWOT is expected to Launch from Vandenberg Space
Force Base in California in December 2022.
The mission is a collaboration between NASA and CNES,
with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency and
OK Space Agency. JPL, which is managed for NASA by
Caltech in Pasadena, California, Leads the U.S.
component of the project.