Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Views

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on Earth’s surface, including a detailed view of the Gulf Stream.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using SWOT data provided by Shailen Desai/JPL and sea surface height data courtesy of the Copernicus Marine Service. Bathymetry data is from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). Story by Jane Lee/JPL, originally published by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on March 24, 2023, and adapted for Earth Observatory by Kathryn Hansen.

Published March 28, 2023
Data acquired January 21, 2023

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