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Articles, resources, and announcements from Surface Water Processes/Measurements.
Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data are used to create maps of surface water extent for research, planning, and disaster response.
News
Image captured on August 7, 2024, by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
A NASA-funded project is helping U.S. college students learn how to work with ECOSTRESS mission data and communicate the science behind these data.
News
NASA's Western Water Applications Office (WWAO) gets NASA Earth science data into the hands of Western U.S. water managers.
Feature Article
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission provides critical data for understanding Earth's water cycle, including data about freshwater systems that have not been available from any previous hydrology-related missions.
Data User Story
A workshop hosted by NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) explored data and resources for working with observations from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.
Blog
Image captured March 13, 2024, by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
New instruments like the Ka-band Radar Interferometer present NASA Engineers with calibration and validation challenges.
Data User Story
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