As part of the 2024 “Rendez-vous Espace” conference cycle organised by the Friends of the Cité de l’espace in partnership with the Cité de l’espace, the Académie de l’air et de l’espace and the 3AF.
Lecture presented by Delphine Leroux, head of the Hydrology, Cryosphere and Water Cycle programs at CNES and Rosemary Morrow, oceanographer and CNES Project Scientist for the Jason altimetry missions (2009-2012) and for the SWOT altimetry-interferometry mission (since 2009).
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography), the joint NASA/CNES high-resolution oceanography and hydrology satellite mission, is conducting the world’s first study of inland waters and the evolution of oceans and coastal waters.
It measures the rise of freshwater masses on Earth and saltwater in the ocean, in order to quantify and understand the role of the ocean in climate change, how global warming affects the global water cycle, the storage and redistribution of water in lakes, rivers and reservoirs, and flood monitoring. The data will advance research on the effects of climate change and help communities around the world better prepare for global warming.
The proposed conference will take stock of the SWOT mission, focusing on the one hand on the major technological breakthrough represented by wide-swath interferometry measurement from a satellite, and on the other hand the scientific results already obtained on our understanding of the water cycle and the way it is impacted by climate change.
More information on the dedicated websites of CNES and NASA.
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