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>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE ON
THE CENTRAL COAST CALIFORNIA FOR
THE SCIENCE BRIEFING OF THE
OCEAN TOE PROGRESS I MISSION
ALSO KNOWN A SWOT.
SW*T WILL BE THE FIRST SATELLITE
MISSION TO AB SERVE NEARLY ALL
OF THE SWAUT ORE EARTH'S SURFACE
HELPING SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND
HOW WATER MOVES WORLD WIDE AND
GIVE US NEW INSIGHT IN TO
CLIMATE CHANGE, IT'S AN
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
BETWEEN NASA, AND THE FRENCH
SPACE AGENCY.
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE U.K.
AND CANADIAN SPACE AGENCIES AS
WELL.
THIS WILL LIFTOFF THURSDAY
DECEMBER 15 THE AT 3:46 A.M.
PACIFIC.
IN WILL MARK THE 101ST MISSION
BASED AT DEN CONGRATULATIONS DID
I SPACE SENT.
JOINING US TODAY SAY
DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF GUEST IS
READY TO UNCOVER THE SCIENCE
BEHIND SWOT.
STARTING ON MY LEFT WE HAVE KATE
CALVIN, CHIEF SCIENTIST AND
SENIOR CLIMATE ADVICE FORE NASA.
EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAM
MANAGER FROM FROM CANET.
NAUDIA SWOT PROGRAM SCIENTIST
FOR NASA.
CAM LYNN PAVELSKI.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
AND FINALLY, BENJAMIN RESEARCH
SCIENTISTS FOR THE SEA LEVEL AND
ICE GROUP AT NASA'S PROPULSION
LABORATORY.
WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE THE PANEL
OF EXPERTS WITH US TONIGHT AND
THEY'LL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
FROM MEDIA HERE IN THE ROOM AND
OVER THE PHONE, WE ALSO INVITE
THE PUBLIC TO JOIN THE
CONVERSATION ONLINE, USING
#ASKNASA.
ABOUT OF WE GET TO THE QUESTIONS
WE'LL GIVE EACH OF THEM A MOMENT
TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THE
ROLE IN THE MISSION AND KATE
WE'LL START WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JASMINE.
NASA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
STUDYING OUR HOME PLANET.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF
SATELLITE OBSERVATION, MANY OF
THOSE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE
ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS LIKE SWOT
WHICH IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CA
NECESSARY THE FRENCH SPACE
AGENCY.
WE HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE
U.K. AND CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCIES.
AND SWOT IS CONTINUING OUR
LEGACY OF PARTNERSHIP.
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT EARTH
FROM SPACE, WE HAVE BEEN
OBSERVING THE EARTH FOR DECADES,
WE HAVE WE CAN SEE THE STATE OF
IT NOW AS WELL AS HOW IT CHANGED
OVERTIME.
THINKING ABOUT WHERE NASA IS
GOING FORWARD IN EARTH SCIENCE
CONTINUING TO INNERVATE NEW
OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS WORK ON
PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO THE
PUBLIC AS STAKEHOLDERS AND USERS
TO INSURE THAT THEY HAVE
ACTIONABLE INFORMATION AS THEY
ARE GOING FORWARD AND SWOT IS A
PART OF BOTH OF THAT.
SWOT IS ONE OF THE MISSIONS THAT
IS GOING TO HELP US LAY THE
FOUNDATION FOR GOING FORWARD A
NEW GENERATION OF
EARTH-OBSERVING AND REMOTE
SENSING MISSIONS BOTH BECAUSE OF
THE TYPE OF INFORMATION IT
PROVIDES BUT ALSO THE
DIVERSITY-PEOPLE WE ARE EXPECT
TO GO USE THAT INFORMATION.
SO IT IS PART OF A FUTURE SET OF
EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITES,
ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE ARE
WORKING TOWARD IS THE EARTH
SYSTEM OBSERVATORY.
WHICH IS THE NEXT SET OF
MISSIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE A
MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE OF THE
EARTH.
IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY OF
INFORMATION, WE ARE GOING TO BE
REACHING A NEW SET OF USERS WITH
SWOT AND ALSO WORKING WITHIN
NASA TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION
AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE
THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE EARTH
INFORMATION CENTER.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SWOT
BEFORE A HAND IT OVER TO MY
OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THIS PAM, SO
IT IS ABOUT SURFACE WATER AND
OCEANS, IT'S ON THE SURFACE
WATERS IT PROVIDES THE FIRST
GLOBAL SURVEY OF WATER RUNNING
THROUGH RIVERS AND LAKES, IT
WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE
WATER IS, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
AND WHERE IT'S GOING.
IT WILL ALLOW OCEAN FEATURES
WITH HIGHER RESOLUTION, OCEANS S
ABSORB CARBON AND HEAT AND THIS
WILL GIVE US A BETTER
UNDERSTANDS OF THOSE PROCESSES
AND UNDERSTAND THE OCEAN AND OUR
PROJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE, WITH
THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK TO WAS
MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATE FOR
GIVING US KICKED OFF IN THE
OPENING REMARKS A LOT OF GREAT
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
NOW LET'S TURN IT OVER.
>> THANK YOU, JASMINE, I AM
REALLY DELIGHTED AND VERY
PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH YOU
TODAY.
THE EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAM
MANAGER IN THE FORMER SWOT
PROGRAM, THIS IS WITH A DEEP
EMOTION THAT WE ARE MAINLY NOW
LESS THAN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
LAUNCH SWOT.
AND THE SWOT LAUNCH TODAY IS
REALLY TIMELY OR LATED TO THE
ANNIVERSARY OF MORE THAN THREE
DECADES OF EXCELLENT COOPERATION
BETWEEN NASA AND KNES.
MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
KLAHN OF OF THE FIRST PATH
FINDER MISSION.
SINCE THAT TIME, THE
INTERNATIONALS COOPERATION HAS
BEEN EXTEND TO 19 OTHER SPACE
AGENCIES LITTLE NOOAH.
AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
COPERNICUS PROGRAM HAS DECIDED
TO IMPLEMENT A NEW GENERATION OF
COPERNICUS [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH
HAS TAKEN OVER AS THE NEW
SATELLITE REFERENCE MISSION.
COULD YOU PLEASE PUT THE SLIDES.
IF NASA AND CNES HAVE DID HE
EYED TOWED MAKE THIS MISSION
HAPPEN, EXPAND IT TO U.K. SPACE
AGENCY AND CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY.
IT'S REALLY THANKS TO THE TRUST
TO COLLECTIVELY TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH
INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGE.
A FEW DAYS AGO.
WE WERE ON THE EARTH OBSERVATION
SATELLITE MEETING IN FRANCE
WHERE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH THE U.S. SPACE LEADER.
AND CNES WITH THE PICTURE THAT
YOU HAVE JUST IN FRONT OF YOU.
THIS IS A GREAT CELEBRATION
MARKING THIS EXCELLENT
COOPERATION AND WHAT A BETTER
PRESENCE THAN THE SWOT WITHIN
THIS ANNIVERSARY OF 30 YEARS OF
COOPERATION.
OF COURSE, WITHIN THE GLOBAL
WARMING, THERE IS A HUGE IMPACT
TODAY WE KNOW ON WATER CYCLE.
ACCELERATING THIS WATER CYCLE BY
PUTTING SOME DROPS IN SOME PARTS
OF THE WORLD -- DROUGHTS IN SOME
PARTS OF THE WORLD AND FLOODS IN
OTHER PARTS.
WE ARE REACHING OUR KNOWLEDGE
WITHIN THE EARTH CYCLE WITHIN
SOME LIMITS AND WE KNOW THAT
MANY OF THE COMPARTMENTS OF THIS
WATER CYCLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
AND THAT'S WHY SWOT WILL BE
REALLY A PATH FINER MISSION
PROVIDING NEW MEASUREMENTS AND
NEW ERA BY HAVING A GLOBAL FIRST
GLOBAL INVENTORY OF THE SURFACE
WATER BODIES BY PROVIDING
[ INAUDIBLE ] OF THE SURFACE
WATER AND DELIVERING WHAT WE
CALL THE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF
HYDROLOGIST WHICH IS DISCHARGE,
IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL HAVE ALSO
AN IMPORTANT FINE PICTURE OF THE
WATER WITHIN THE LAKES,
RESERVOIRS AND [ INAUDIBLE ] WE
ARE SPEAKING A REVOLUTION IN
HYDROLOGY.
BUT WE WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME
ADDRESS KEY PROCESS WINS THE
OCEAN, THOSE KEY PROCESSES ARE
TOTALLY UNKNOWN TODAY.
THE SCIENTISTS MADE AN IMPORTANT
HYPOTHESIS THAT WITH THOSE
FINE-SCALE PROCESSES, CURRENTS,
FILAMENTS, SWAT WILL PROVIDE
THOSE MEASUREMENTS.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROCESSES WHICH PLAY A CRITICAL
ROLE IN THE GLOBAL CIRCULATION
OCEAN, AND THE RELATED TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IMPORTANT PROVISION FROM THE
SWAT MISSION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, AND
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WHICH WAS SIGNED BETWEEN NASA
AND CNES.
THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY WAS
INITIALLY INVOLVED FROM THE
BEGINNING.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR ESTABLISHING
THE SCIENCE REQUIREMENT.
THEN AFTER WITH THE SCIENCE
DEFINITION TEAM AND THE SCIENCE
TEAM, THEY PLAY A KEY OLD ROLLE
IN ORDER TO REFINE THOSE
REQUIREMENTS AND THE
SPECIFICATIONS TAKING IN TO
BEING THE CONSTRAINTS FROM THE
TECHNICAL PART OF AND
[ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE WAY THAT
WE USED TO WORK CLOSELY BETWEEN
THE PROJECTS AND THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY WAS BUILD THROUGH AND
OVER THIS.
AND THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT
ASPECT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE
PAST AND CURRENT MISSIONS AND,
OF COURSE, OF THE UPCOMING ONE,
THE SWOT MISSIONS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HAD MANY, MANY MEETINGS WITH
THE SIGNS TEAM AND WE NOW HAVE
MORE THAN 17 COUNTRIES INVOLVED
WITHIN THE PREPARATION OF SWOT.
WHY 17 COUNTRIES?
BECAUSE WITH THIS UNPRECEDENTED
MEASUREMENT, NEW ONES, WE NEED
TO MAKE CALIBRATION AND
VALIDATION OF THOSE
MEASUREMENTS.
AND ACROSS THE WORLD THERE ARE
MANY TEAMS ALREADY IN STARTING
BLOCK IN ORDER TO CHECK THOSE
MEASUREMENTS AND TO VALIDATE
THEM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NASA AND CNES, WORK JOINTLY TO
PREPARE THE CORE TOWARD THE
SCIENCE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO
DECIDE TO ASSESS AND TO, BEING,
IDENTIFY THE PREPROPOSAL THAT
WOULD MAKE REALLY ADVANCEMENTS
IN SCIENCE AND IN THE PROJECT.
AND HERE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE
MEETINGS WE HAD IN FRANCE IN
2015.
NEXT, PLEASE.
AND THE LAST ONE BEFORE THE
COVID CRISIS, WAS HELD IN
BORDEAUX IN 2019 WITH ONE OF THE
KEY NASA SCIENCE PROGRAMS
[ INAUDIBLE ] WHO HAS NOW
RETIRED AND WE NOW HAVE NADIA
NEXT TO ME WHO HAS BECOME THE
NEWEST OCEAN SCIENCE PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, BESIDES THE SCIENCE
PERSPECTIVE AND THE AWAITED
ADVANCES THAT IS EXPECTED FROM
SWOT MISSION.
SINCE THE BEGINNING WE INITIATED
THE SWOT EARLY ADOPTER PROGRAMS.
ON FRENCH SIDE WE CALL THAT THE
SWOT DOWNSTREAM PREPARATORY
PROGRAM.
THE AIM OF THE PROGRAM IS TO
ENLARGE BEYOND THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY TO ALL USERS AROUND
THE WORLD AND, OF COURSE, WITHIN
THE WATER AGENCIES, WITHIN THE
OF COURSE NAVIGATION AGENCIES,
MANY USERS IN ORDER TO ALLOW
THEM TO PREPARE THE HANDLING OF
THOSE SWOT DATA WITHIN THEIR
PREMISES AND WITHIN THE SYSTEM
IN ORDER TO DELIVER OPERATIONAL
SERVICES, WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT
PREDICTION OF FLOATS.
AND WE ARE WAITING, OF COURSE,
AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT OF
THOSE KEY MODELS FOR PREDICTION
FLOATS BUT ALSO FOR OCEAN
CIRCULATION AT THE KEY SCALES.
SO WE ARE WAITING ALL IN VERY
EXCITING MANNER THIS MARVELOUS
AND PATH FINDER SWOT MISSION AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUCCESS
OF THE SWOT LAUNCH.
THANK YOU, JASMINE, BACK THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT OPENING REMARKS AND A GOOD
HIGHLIGHT TO OUR INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION, NEXT WE'LL TURN
IT OVER TO NADIA.
>> THANK YOU, JASMINE AND THANK
YOU FOR REMINDING OUR NASA CNES
STRONG AL TIM TREE MARRIAGE, A
AN OPEN MARRIAGE WE ARE MAKING
NEW FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY WITH
CAN THAT AND UGH.
AND SWOT IS A PATH FINDER
MISSION AND WHAT IT MEANS IS
THAT THERE ARE MANY FIRST WITH
THE SWOT SATELLITE MISSION.
WE ARE TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY,
NEW APPROACHES TO MEASURE
EARTH'S WATER, HEIGHT, VOLUME,
ITS DYNAMICS.
WE ARE FORGING A NEW COMMUNITY
OF SCIENTISTS AND USERS, WE ARE
CHANGING THE CULTURE.
THE BUSINESS OF DOING SIGNS,
MAKING CRITICAL AND COMPLEX
EARTH INFORMATION MORE
ACCESSIBLE, MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE
ACTIONABLE, WHILE STILL
MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF SCIENTIFIC
INTEGRITY OF OUR INFORMATION
THAT WITH NASA AND CNES, KNOWN
FOR.
WITH THAT MANY FIRST AND ALL
EYES ON SWOT IT'S TRULY A
PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR OUR SPACE
SCIENCE INDUSTRY.
A MOMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A
FUTURE STANDARDS IN EARTH
OBSERVING, PARTICULARLY
SATELLITE ALTIMETRY IN ORDER TO
DEFINE OUR TRULY MAXIMIZING WITH
THIS NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW
APPROACHES, WE ARE MARKS MICING
OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.
OUR SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL
RETURN IN INVESTMENTS.
AND OBSERVING AND PREDICTING
EARTH WATER IS A WORTHY
INVESTMENT.
AS WE IN HUMAN 10 DEPEND ON OUR
EARTH WATER TO SURVIVE AND
PROSPER.
LET'S JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
HOW WATER MOVES.
I LITTLE BIT EARTH SCIENCE 101.
IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST THE FIRST
IMAGE.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING HERE IS THE
PRECIP TAL WATER AND HOW THE
WATER MOVES FROM OCEAN TO LAND
WE KNOW THAT OCEANS IS THE
ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ALL MOISTURE
AND WATER ON EVERYTHING.
THINK OF OCEANS AS THE HUGE
WAREHOUSES THAT SUPPLY MOISTURE
AND WATER TO LANDS THAT WE RELY
IN AS OUR DRINKING WATER, AGO
CAL TROUBLE AND INDUSTRY.
AND THIS IS A GLOBAL LOOK ON
BOTH OCEAN AND LAND WATER.
>> IT GIVES YOU A TRUE LOOK AT
THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHAIN IN
ORDER TO TRULY LOOK AT THE EARTH
WATER AS A HOLISTIC PROCESS AND
ENABLES A BETTER PREDICTIVE
CAPABILITY IF YOU TRULY DESERVE
THE SUPPLY DEMAND CHAIN, THINK
OF IT IS IF YOU COME TO YOUR
LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND YOU WANT
TO BUY SOME FRUITS OR VEGETABLES
AND THE SHELVES ARE EMPTY.
AT THAT POINT IT'S TOO LATE TO
PREPARE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT
YOUR FARMER, YOUR SUPPLIER OF
YOUR PRODUCE EXPERIENCES SOME
DISRUPTION, EITHER SHORTAGE OR
EXCESSIVE SUPPLY.
THEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO
PREPARE THOSE DISRUPTIONS YOU
COME TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE.
IF YOU WANT TO PREPARE FOR THE
UPCOMING FLOOD OR DEFICIT OF
LAND WATER, YOU DO LOCK AT YOUR
IS LIKE THE FARMER, THE OCEAN,
WHERE THE MOISTURE ORIGINATES,
THAT'S OF COURSE A UNIQUE ASPECT
OF THE MISSION AND A WELCOMED
ONE.
AND ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH WITH
THE SWOT TECHNOLOGY IS OF COURSE
WE'LL LOOK AT EARTH'S WATER AT A
VERY HIGH RESOLUTION AND CLARITY
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
I CALL IT AS SWOT GOGGLES, THE
10X IMPROVEMENT IN CLARITY AND
RESOLUTION OF EARTH'S WATER.
LET'S SEE WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE
OCEAN IF YOU DON'T MIND ON THE
NEXT -- THE NEXT ANIMATION WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING HERE IS OCEAN
MOVEMENT, OCEAN MOVEMENT, THE
RED COLORS RENT WARMER OWN ENS
AND THE BLUE COLORS COOLER
OCEANS.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS THAT
THE OCEAN IS A TURBULENT FLOW.
AND OCEAN TURBULENCE AND IT IS
CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE AND THEY
ARE BUSY AND EFFECTIVE ENGINES,
TRANSPORTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF
KINETIC ENERGY, LEASE, MASS,
SALT, CAR BORN, PLASTIC,
POLLUTION, YOU MAIM IT.
THIS CONSTANT MOVEMENT THAT IS
INITIATED BY THOSE ACTIVE
PLAYERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM,
KEEPS OUR EARTH SYSTEM
FUNCTIONING OR DISFUNCTIONING AS
WE ALREADY SEE IN OUR
MEASUREMENTS, SO WHEN WE IN THE
BUSINESS OF MAKING BETTER
PREDICTION OF THE EARTH'S SYSTEM
OF THE GLOBAL WARMING.
WE RELY ON THE OCEAN TO TAKE IT
FOR THE TEAM, TEAM EARTH.
AND ABSORB MORE SO THE GLOBAL
OCEAN -- OR GLOBAL WARMING
WITHIN THE OCEAN AND THINK ABOUT
IT, THAT HALF OF THE VERTICAL
TRANSFER OF THIS HEAT ABSORPTION
FROM THE SURFACE TO THE DEEP
OCEAN IS DONE BY TURBULENCE,
HALF.
THE TURBULENCE MATTERS.
PERHAPS THE TURBULENCE IS THE
MISSING CLIMATE PUZZLE PIECE
THAT WE HAVE NEVER OBSERVED AND
THAT WOULD HELP US SOLVE THIS
CLIMATE PREDICTION BETTER.
PER SWOT.
A VERY TIMELY ENTRANCE.
AND ENTRANCE AS WE LOOK AT OUR
CHANGING WATER ON PLANET EARTH
JUST IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
SO WE ARE READY FOR YOU SWOT,
AND GO SWOT.
YEAH?
VERY EXCITED.
BACK TO YOU, JASMINE.
THANK YOU, NADYA, LOVE YOUR
ENERGY WAS WE ARE VERY EXCITED
FOR SWOT.
NEXT WE'LL HERE FROM TAMARIN
PAVELSKI.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, JASMINE, AS
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR
OTHER SPEAKERS, WE ARE REALLY
GOING TO SEE THIS BIG NEW
CAPABILITY WITH SWOT TO SEE OUR
RIVERS AND LAKES IN HIGH
DEFINITION.
THAT'S IMMENSELY EXCITING.
SO RIGHT NOW WITH SATELLITE
IMAGERY, WE CAN SEE PRETTY WELL
WHERE LIVERS AND LAKESES ARE
LOCATED.
BUT WE DON'T DO SO WELL IN TERMS
OF SEEING THE HEIGHT OF THE
WATER IN THEM.
AND REALLY THE KEY ADVANCE TO
SWAT IN TERMS OF SURFACE WATER
HYDROLOGY, IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE
TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURE THE
EXTENT OF WATER AND THE HEIGHT
OF WATER.
AND ADD THAT GO NEW DIMENSION IS
CRITICAL.
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO THINK
ABOUT THINGS IN TERMS OF VOLUMES
AND CHANGES OF VOLUME OVERTIME.
RIGHT?
SO ALL OF YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE
WATER CYCLE AT SOME POINT IN
ELEMENTARY STOOL OR MIDDLE
SCHOOL, AND YOU KNOW, WE HEAVED
ABOUT IT FROM NADYA ALREADY
THINKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORT OF
MOISTURE FROM OCEANS VEE THE
AQUIFER UNDER THE LAND SURFACE
AND FOR THE ENTIRE WATER SEEK
PHYSICAL WE REALLY WANT TO
UNDERSTAND IT IN WAYS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT FOR US, WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO THINK ABOUT IT NOT JUST
CONCEPTUALLY BUT IN TERMS OF
VOLUMES, HOW MUCH WATER IS THERE
AND HOW IS IT FLOWING FROM PLACE
TO PLACE?
AND SWOT WILL ALLOWS TO US DO
THAT, FOR LAKES WE'LL SEE HOW
THE VOLUME OF LAKES AND
RESERVOIRS INCREASES AND
DECREASES OVERTIME.
FOR RIVERS WE'LL BE ABLE TO
TRACK THE VOLUME OF WATER
FLOWING THROUGH RIVERS FROM
SPACE.
WHICH IS JUST REALLY EXCITING
AND FRANKLY PRETTY
UNPRECEDENTED.
SO WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO
SEE WITH SWOT?
LET'S GET DOWN TO BRASS TAX
HERE, FOR LACKS WE EXPECT TO SEE
LAKES LARGER THAN 15 ACRES, SO
THAT'S 250 METERS BY 250 METERS.
AND WE EXPECT TO SEE ALMOST ALL
OF THE WORLD'S RIVERS WIDER THAN
130 FEET.
OR 330 METERS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
LAKES COULD I HAVE MY FIRST
SLIDE, PLEASE.
RIGHT NOW IF I WENT OUT AND WANT
ODD GET DATA ON CHANGES IN WATER
LEVEL OR VOLUME IN SOME OF THE
EARTH'S LAKES, I COULD PROBABLY
GET PRETTY GOOD ON THE GROUND
DATA FOR MAYBE A FEW THOUSAND OF
THEM.
SCATTERED OVER THE WORLD.
SWOT IS GOING TO OBSERVE
MILLIONS OF LAKES.
SO WE ARE GOING UP BY THE ORDERS
OF MAGNITUDE IN TERMS OF OUR
CAPABILITY TO TRACK WATER
THROUGH LAKES AND RESERVOIRS.
THIS MATTERS A LOT.
WHETHER YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A
HE CAN LOGICALLY VULNERABLE
LAKE, LIKE THE MOUNTAIN LAKE
THAT WE HAVE UP HERE IN THIS
IMAGE.
OR IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A
RESERVOIR AND A RURAL PART OF
INDIA WHERE PEOPLE DEPENDS ON
THAT WATER FOR IRRIGATING THEIR
CROPS.
SWOT WILL PROVIDE THE FREE AND
OPEN DATA THAT EVERYONE NEEDS IN
ORDER TO TRACK THESE REALLY
IMPORTANT RESOURCES.
OKAY, SO WHAT ABOUT RIVERS?
COULD I HAVE THE NEXT IMAGE,
PLEASE.
SO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE
IS A MAP OF ALL OF THE RIVERS
THAT WE PLAN TO OBSERVE WITH
SWOT.
ABOUT 2.1 MILLION KILOMETERS OF
RIVERS WORLDWIDE.
AND FOR ALL OF THESE RIVERS, YOU
KNOW, WE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO
OBSERVE THAT VOLUME OF WATER
MOVING DOWN THEM WHICH IS REALLY
IMPRESSIVE.
SO RIGHT NOW WHEN WE TRY TO
OBSERVE RIVERS AROUND THE WORLD,
WE USE A NETWORK OF SORT OF ON
THE GROUND GAUGES.
AND THOSE GAUGES ARE EXPENSIVE
TO MAINTAIN AND INSTALL AND VERY
UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE
WORLD.
NOW THEY CAN DO THINGS THAT SWOT
CAN'T, RIGHT?
THEY CAN PROVIDE DATA EVERY 15
MINUTES WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT SWOT CAN ALSO DO THINGS THAT
THEY CAN'T.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SWOT WILL
OBSERVE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF A
RIVER, RATHER THAN JUST WHAT'S
GOING ON IN A SINGLE POINT,
WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
AND REALLY DIFFERENT.
SO LET'S LOOK AT ONE SPECIFIC
EXAMPLE HERE OF WHERE SWOT MIGHT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
COULD WE HAVE THE NEXT IMAGE,
PLEASE.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE THE
RIVERS THAT WE EXPECT SWOT TO
OBSERVE IN THE CONGO RIVER
BASIS.
THE CONGO IS THE SECOND LARGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD.
ABOUT 75 MILLION PEOPLE LIVER IN
THE CONGO RIVER BASIN.
AND YET, WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD
ON THE GROUND OBSERVATIONS OF
FLOW THROUGH THE CONGO RIVER.
AT
A HANDFUL PLACES IN THIS ENTIRE
AREA.
WITH SWOT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
OBSERVE ALL OF THE RIVERS THAT
YOU SEE.
UP ON THE SCREEN HERE AND IT
WILL HELP US DO A BETTER JOB.
OF SERVING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE SPACE.
AND THE THIS IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE U.N. HAS
IDENTIFIED THE CONGO BASE I
INNING AS A BASIN THAT'S
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
IF WE PUT YOU ALL OF THEY GO
THIS TOGETHER, SWAT WILL ALLOW
US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WATER
VOLUME CHANGES IN RIVERS AND
LAKES WORLDWIDE.
AND THAT'S A NEW AND EXCITING
THING OF I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
LAST 20 YEARS OR MORE ON TRYING
TO USE SATELLITE DATE TO
UNDERSTAND EARTH'S SURFACE WATER
AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO
COME UP WITH WAYS OF USING DATA
FROM SATELLITES THAT ARE NOT
DESIGN TODAY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE ARE REPURPOSING OTHER
PEOPLE'S DATA.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO COOL
THINGS WITH THAT.
BUT SWOT IS THE FIRST SATELLITE
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO STUDY
RIVERS AND LAKES AND IT WILL BE
A REAL GAME CHANGER I AM SO
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
BACK TO YOU, JASMINE.
>> THANK YOU, TAM LYNN, WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHEDDING
LIGHT ON SO MANY DIFFERENT
BODIES OF WITHOUT EARLY.
WE HAVE ONE MORE PARDON ME I WAS
TO HEAR FROM YOU HAVE BEEN
WAITING VERY PAPE LETS LET'S
TEND IT OVER TO BENJAMIN.
>> THANKS, JASMINE AND THANKS TO
THE OTHER SPEAK, HE IT'S I WANT
TO FOCUS SOME OF THE SOCIETAL
APPLICATIONS OF THE SWOT DATE.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT IT WILL
PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS OF NEARLY
ALL SURF AT WATER ON EARTH.
MEASUREMENTS OVER THE LAND, OVER
THE OCEAN BUT ALSO WHERE LAND
AND OCEAN MEET IN THE COAST THE
I WANT PHRASE WHICH IS REALLY
CRITICAL.
SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIVE
ALONG THE COASTLINES, IT WILL
PROVIDE REALLY RELEVANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU'LL THE
COMMUNITIES AND ALL THESE PEOPLE
LIVING IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND
ALLOW US TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS
THAT WILL ULTIMATELY IMMATERIAL
PROVE OUR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS,
I WANT TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF
THESE EXAMPLES STARTING WITH THE
LAND FIRST, SO AS TAM LYNN AND
OTHERS SAID SWOT WILL GIVE US
UNIQUE LOOKS ON THINGS WE HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE BEFORE.
WE WILL TRACK THE MOVEMENT OF
WATER AROUND THE EARTH BETWEEN
OCEAN AND LAND AND MAKE
CONNECTIONS AND REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHERE WATER IS AT ANY
GIVEN TIME.
SO THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL
BECAUSE WE KNOW WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT THE EARTH'S WATER
CYCLE IS ACCELERATING.
WHICH WHAT THIS MEANS IS SOME
LOCATIONS HAVE TOO MUCH WATER,
OTHERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
WE ARE SEEING MORE EXTREME
DROUGHTS, MORE EXTREME FLOODS.
PRECIPITATION PATTERNS ARE
CHANGING, BECOME BEING MORE
VOLATILE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
TRY TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT
IS HAPPENING USING THE SWOT
DATA.
SO IF WE CAN PULL UP THE FIRST
VISUAL.
SO IN THIS VISUAL, WE ARE
SHOWING THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
WHICH FLOWS THROUGH SEVERAL
STATES IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED
STATES.
SWOT IS FLYING OVER WITH THE
SWATH MEASUREMENT, MEASURING THE
FULL EXTENT OF THIS RIVER AS
A -- AS TAMLIN REFERRED TO.
THESE RED COLORS HERE ARE HIGHER
WATER LEVELS, SO SWOT IS
PRESSURING WATER LEVELS, NOT
JUST THE EXTENT OF THE RIVER AS
IT CHANGES OVERTIME.
SWOT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE
MEASUREMENTS, TRACK THE CHANGES
THAT ARE OCCURRING IN RIVERS
LIKE THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.
AND PROVIDE VERY IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR NO THAT RELY
UPON IT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WITH THE SWOT DATA WE CAN GIVE
REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO
A WIDE VARIETY I HAVE
STAKEHOLDERS ANYONE THAT CARES
ABOUT WATER SHOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT SWOT WILL PROVIDE.
WATER RESOURCE MANAGERS, WE HAVE
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AGENCY.
CIVIL ENGINEERS FOR THOSE OF YOU
AT HOME WHO ARE MAYBE CONCERNED
ABOUT ACCESS TO WATER, OR
FLOODING AND DROUGHT WILL BE
ABLE TO BETTER PREDICT THE
OCCURRENCES OF THOSE THINGS WITH
THE SWOT DATA.
IT WILL REALLY PROVIDE RICH
INFORMATION THAT IMPACTS ALL OF
US.
AND REALLY IMPORTANTLY IT'S
GOING TO MEASURE THESE ON GLOBAL
SCALES, RIGHT?
SO IN THE U.S., MAYBE THERE IS
SOME AREAS THAT WE MONITOR
REALLY WELL WITH IN SITU
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT YOU ON GLOBAL
SCALES THESE LAKES AND RIVERS
ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO MEASURE.
SWOT WILL PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO
THAT WE'LL SEE THE CHANGES SO
COWERING GLOBAL SCALES NOT JUST
IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
SHIFTING GEARS A BIT.
FOCUS ON THIS COASTLINES WE KNOW
SEA LEVEL IS RISING, CLIMATE
CHANGE IS CAUSING SEA LEVEL AS
LONG THE WORLD'S COASTLINES TO
GO UP.
WE KNOW FROM OTHER NASA
SATELLITES THE RATE AT WHICH
IT'S INCREASING.
WE CAN HAVE OUR FOOT ON THE GAS
PEDESTRIAN UNTIL MATERIALS.
SEA LEVEL RISE THAT WE ARE
SEEING.
THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SEA LEVEL RISE ARE ALSO
EXPANDING, THEY ARE WORSE
EARNING IN SEVERITY, IMPACTS ARE
WORSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE
WE ARE TODAY WE SEE COASTAL
EROSION HAPPENING BECAUSE OF
HIGHER SEA LEVELS IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE COMPANIES RIFT U.S., WE
SEE GREAT ARE STORM SURGE
ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES AND
ALL A LOT WORLD'S COASTLINES WE
ARE SEEING THESE IMPACTS
INCREASE FLOODING START TO
INCREASE, AND POPULATIONS BECOME
THREATENED BY SEA LEVEL.
SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS AROUND
THE WORLD WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD
GOODING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT
THE COAST SOME OF THE SATELLITES
DON'T GET UP TO THE COAST.
WE ARE STAR GATES BUT THEY ARE
SPARS AROUND THE COAST.
BIG GAPS THING.
IT MAY BE SURPRISING WE WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
COASTAL SEE LEVELS IN A LOT OF
THE LOCATION AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU CAN PULP THE NEXT
ANIMATION.
THE REASON IT'S SORE IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES THEY
ARE FINE SCALE SEA LEVEL CHANGES
OCCURRING IN THESE COASTAL
AREAS.
THIS HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION THINK
YOU CAN SEE SWOT FLAILING OVER
THE OCEAN THROUGH THAT COAST THE
INTERFACE AND ONTO LAND.
IT WILL PROVIDE RICH INFORMATION
ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS OF THAT COASTAL ZONE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO
THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST.
THESE COASTAL COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE PLAN POG AND ADAPTING TO THE
SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL
IMPACTS OCCURRING.
A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS
IMPACTED BY SEA LEVEL RISE.
NATIONAL SECURITY CERTAINLY
COMES UP.
OUR MILITARY HAS A LOT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE COASTAL
REGIONS, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
THIS INFORMATION TO THE MILITARY
AND OTHER COASTAL COMMUNITIES
WILL A WILL YOU TO TO ACCOUNT
FOR THOSE CHANGES GOING IN THE
IT FUTURE.
WHAT IS BEING DONE TO INSURE THE
DATA IS ACTUALLY USEFUL.
HOUR WE -- WHAT ARE WE DOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS DATA BE USED
IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS?
A COUPLE OF THINGS, SWOT HAS
THIS ON SENT OF OPEN SCIENCE
MAKING THE DATE ASSOCIATED WITH
SWOT AVAILABLE, PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT.
BUT BEYOND THAT WE ARE BUILDING
TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE WORK WITH
THE DATA ONCE IT BECOMES
AVAILABLE.
RIGHT, SO WE ARE NOT JUST
PROVIDING DATA BUT ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO USE IT, INTERACT WITH
IT.
START TO IMPLEMENT IT WITHIN
THEIR APPLICATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED THE EARLY ADOPTERS
PROGRAM WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY
HEARD BENCH INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM WITH EARLY ADOPTERS,
THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING IN SAY WATER RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT, WORKING ON THE
OCEANS, DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
THEY COME IN AND WORK WITH THE
SWOT TEAM TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE SWOT DATA
ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF THESE
EARLY ADOPTERS, WE HAVE A COUPLE
OF EARLY ADOPTERS THAT WILL BE
WITH US TOMORROW, ONE FROM
INDIA, ONE FROM GERMANY.
IT'S A GLOBAL SCALE EFFORT TO
INSURE THAT THE SWOT DATA IS
ULTIMATELY USEFUL.
JUST TO P THAT UP THE SWOT DATA
WILL MEASURE SURFACE WATTER
EVERYWHERE.
WE'LL HAVE MEASUREMENTS BOTH OWN
LAND, THE OCEAN BUT ALSO THE
COAST THE INTERFACE AND IT WILL
PROVIDE SUCH IMPORTANT
INFORMATION IT WILL BE
TRANSFORMATIVE IN OUR ABILITY TO
PRACTICE PROVIDE INFORMATION
THAT WILL PLATE IMPROVE THE
DAILY LIVES AND LIFE LIVELY
HOODS OF ALMOST EVERYONE ON
EARTH.
BACK TO YOU JAZZ MAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT JOB FROM ALL OF U NOW WE
ARE TRANSITION NOTHING THE
QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION OF
THE BRIEFING FOR IMMEDIATE YEAR
HERE WE HAVE A MICROPHONE TO
PASS YOU, PLEASE JUST RAISE YOUR
HAND AND THEN YOU CAN STATE YOUR
NAME, YOUR AFFILIATION AND WHO
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, FOR MEDIA ON THE PHONE
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ENTER THE QUESTION CUE,E
IF YOU ARE JOINING US ONLINE
FEEL FREE TO USE THE #ASK NASA
TO ASK A QUESTION HERE WITH THAT
BEING GO AHEAD I WILL START IN
THE ROOM WITH THE MEDIA AND IF
NONE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A
QUESTION YET.
WE'LL GO TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
FRIENDS ONLINE.
>> THE FIRST QUESTION IS FROM
INSTAGRAM IS THERE ANY KIND OF
NEW TECH BEING 12ED THROUGH
SWOT?
>> I'LL START AND THEN PASS IT
ON.
YES, AS ONE OF NASA'S AND CNES
WE ARE FIRST TESTING A NEW
TECHNOLOGY IS A RADAR INTER THAT
ROM TER THAT OPERATES AT OUR
K.A. BANDS PORTION OF ELECTRIC
NAG NET BEING SPECTRUM.
WE CALL IT KAREN AND THIS IS THE
FIRST IN-FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION
FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO
MEASURE ELEVATION OVER THE OCEAN
AND INLAND WATERS.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO.
>> WE'LL GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA
AGAIN.
>> HOW MUCH MORE WILL WE SEE
WITH SWOT THAN CURRENT
SATELLITES WITH OBSERVATION
TECHNIQUES AND WHY DOES THAT
MATTER?
>> I AM HAPPY TO TALK ESPECIALLY
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON LAND,
RIGHT?
SO LET'S START BY THINKING ABOUT
LAKES, RIGHT?
WE HAVE LAKES DOTTED THE WORLD
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
RIGHT?
MOSTLY WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF
WHAT'S GROWING ON IN TERMS OF
HOW THE WATER LEVELS OR AMOUNT
THE WATER THAT IS STORED IN THEM
VARIES.
AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT EACH ONE
OF THOSE LAKES LIKE A LITTLE
GAUGE THAT MEASURES THE WATER
CYCLE, RIGHT?
HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION AND HE
EVAPORATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GO
ON WITH THE WATER CYCLE IN THAT
AREA.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THIS
SORT OF BIG BLANK CANVAS WHERE
MOSTLY WE ARE NOT USING THAT
INFORMS TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORLD.
WHAT ONCE SWAT UP THERE.
WE'LL SEE THAT EVERYWHERE.
AND IT WILL GIVE US THIS MUCH
BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING
ON WITH THE WATER CYCLE AS A
WHOLE AND WITH OUR WATER
RESOURCES, RIGHT?
HOW MUCH WATER DO WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO IRRIGATE OUR CROPS,
TO DRINK WHEN WE RETURN ON THE
TAP.
FOR OUR ECO SYSTEMS.
SO FROM OUR LAND PERSPECTIVE.
THAT SORT OF EXTRA RESOLUTION IS
GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL.
MAYBE ALL PASS TO BEN TO TALK
ABOUT THE OCEAN.
>> DID YOU WANT TO HANDLE THE
OCEAN?
>> JUST TO PERHAPS COMPLIMENT
TAMLIN'S ANSWER ON THE DETAIL OF
THE QUESTION RELATED TO THE
DETAIL.
WE HAVE TO NOTICE THAT IT'S THE
FIRST TIME THAT SO FINE A
MEASUREMENT WILL BE PROVIDED AS
TAMLIN EXPLAINED DURING HIS
INTERVENTION, WE'LL HAVE LAKES
WITH WHAT WE CALL SPATIAL
RESOLUTION 250-METER PER
250-METER.
WE HAVE NEVER PROVIDED SUCH
MEASUREMENT BEFORE THE SWOT
MISSION.
FOR THE REVERSE IT'S THE SAME.
THE REQUIREMENT IS TO REACH ALL
OF THE RIVER WIDER THAN
100-METER OF THE RESOLUTION,
WITH THE GOAL OF 50 METERS.
>> Reporter: AND THERE WAS
REALLY A HUGE PREPARATORY WORK
IN ORDER TO PREPARE THOSE
DATABASE AND TO CHECK IF REALLY
THE SWAT MEASUREMENT WILL COVER
ALL OF THOSE RIVERS AND LAKES.
AND THIS IS REALLY A REVOLUTION
AS TAMLIN MENTIONED IT'S REALLY
THE FIRST MISSION DEDICATED TO
HIDE ROLLING PURPOSE.
REGARDING THE LONG HISTORY AND
THE CURRENT MISSION WE ARE WITH
SWOT MAKING A BREAKTHROUGH ALSO
FOR THE OCEAN BECAUSE WE ARE
AIMING TO PROVIDE FINE SCALE
OBSERVATION 10 TIMES BETTER THAN
THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.
WHICH IS REALLY, AGAIN, A FIRST,
WHAT WE CALLED IN FRENCH [
SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
SO HOPEFULLY I RESPOND TO YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL ON THE COASTAL REGION AS
WE FEEL I WORK A LOT WITH
COMMUNITIES, COASTAL COMMUNITIES
TRYING ON PREPARE FOR SEA LEVEL.
PROVIDING SEA LEVEL PROJECTIONS
TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND THE
QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP, BUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE I AM?
RIGHT WHERE I AM HERE IN THIS
BAY AND THIS VERY LOCAL AREA
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
WITH THE SATELLITES NOW AND THE
TIDE WE DON'T HAVE GREAT
INFORMATION THERE.
BUT WITH THE SWOT WE'LL BE ABLE
TO FILL IN THE GAPS AND THE
BLIND SPOTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW REFINE THE UNDERSTANDING OF
THE SEA LEVEL CHANGE HAPPENING
IN THE COASTAL AREA LITTLE SO
FAR THAT FINER RESOLUTION
INFORMATION THAT TAMLIN TALKED
ABOUT IS CERTAINLY EXTENDING IN
TO THE COASTAL REGIONS AS WELL
WHICH WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS FOR TEAMING
UP TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE,
ASH FROM LAUNCH PAD NEWS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
A QUESTION FOR THE PANEL HOW HAS
THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
RECEIVED THE SWOT IN
OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH AND THE
CRITICAL HARD WARES PROVIDED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS?
>> THANK YOU.
WITH YOU LIKE TOO START IN THE
MIDDLE OR DO YOU NEED TO REPEAT
IT.
>> YES, PLEASE IF YOU COULD
REPEAT IT.
>> ASH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
REPEAT YOUR QUESTION?
>> HOW HAS NASA'S COLLABORATION
REP HELPED THE SWOT MISSION
REACH GREATER HEIGHTS
[ INAUDIBLE ] CRITICAL HARDWARE
PROVIDED BY EACH OF THESE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> SWOT AS I HAVE ALREADY
OUTLINE SECOND DEGREE A TRULY
COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR.
WE HAVE WORKED ON IT FOR ABOUT
20 YEARS OR SO.
AND TRULY LEANED ON EACH OTHER.
AND THIS COLLABORATIVE, THIS
TEAM SPIRIT, TOOK US THROUGH
MULTIPLE GLOBAL CRISISES OVER
THE PAST FUSE YEAR FROM HEALTH
CRISIS TO POLITICAL IF YOU ARE
HOILES TO YOU NAME IT.
TO ENVIRONMENT CRISIS.
THIS INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT, AS I
CALL IT, LIKE A WORLD CUP FOR
KIND OF ENDEAVOR THAT'S REALLY
HELPED US TO MOVE THROUGH A
MAJOR MILESTONE AND IN TERMS OF
ENGINEERING COLLABORATION, IT
WAS A COLLABORATE TIFF EFFORT AS
WELL.
WITH BOTH NASA AND CNES
PROVIDING A KEY COMPONENT AND AT
THE TIMING BOTH IN FRANCE AND
THE U.S. AND OBSERVATORY BEING
PING PONGED BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS, IT WAS
"D" IT WAS A TRUE COLLABORATION
ON A NEW LEVEL, DON'T YOU THINK,
SELMA?
>> OF COURSE.
REGARDING THE QUESTION RELATED
TO HOW WE SUPPORTED ALL THE
RESEARCH COMMUNITY ON BOTH
SIDES.
FROM THE BEGINNING, WE HAD
ALWAYS A JOIN CALL.
A CALL TO US, THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY WE JOINTLY ASSESSED
THE FRENCH PRO POLES, THE U.S.
PROPOSALS.
CNES WAS IN CHARGE ALSO TO
ASSESS AND SELECT INTERNATIONAL
ONES AND TODAY THIS COLLECTIVE
AND JOINTS EFFORT ALLOW US TO
INVOLVE NOT ONLY THE FOUR SPACE
AGENCIES WHO ARE COLLABORATE TO
GO DEVELOP THE SPACE SEGMENT,
BUT MORE IMPORTANT, 17 COUNTRIES
ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE
PREPARATION TO HANDLE THOSE
MEASUREMENTS AND TO CALCULATE
BRATE THEM AND VALIDATE THEM.
A FEW DAYS AGO, I WAS CHAIRING
THE [ INAUDIBLE ] MEETING AND
WHEN WE HAD FROM NADYA AND
ROSEMARY THE FRENCH ON OR
ABOUTER PITCH I., PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATOR OF THE MISSION, I
WAS REALLY VERY PLEASED TO SEE E
COUNTRIES INVOLVED HAVE THE
WILLINGNESS TO JOIN THIS
INTERNATIONAL CLUB IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE ALSO THEIR EXPERTISE BUT
ALSO TO BEN BIT FROM THOSE OPEN
DATA FROM THE SWOT MISSION, SO
THIS IS REALLY A TRULY
COOPERATIVE MISSION BETWEEN NASA
AND CNES UCA AND CSA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION
TOGETHER.
WE ARE GOING TO TOSS IT BECOME
TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THIS IS TO KATE.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMPLEX HOW
DOES KNOWING THE OCEAN BETTER
HELP CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT.
ING IMPACT OUR OPTIONS ON MOVING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
OCEANS PLAY A REALLY IMPORTANT
ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE THEY
ABSORB THE HEAT AS WELL AS THE
CARTON.
WE BURN THEM THROUGH FOES THE
FUELS OR OTHER CHANGES ON THE
EARTH ACT SURFACE SOME OF THAT
GOES IN THE OCEAN SOME ONTO
LAND.
AB ORBED BY TREES.
HOW MUCH THE OH,, CIRCULATES, AS
IT GETS WARMER THE OCEANS ABSORB
THE HEAT.
SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT
MIXING PROCESS.
WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
MORE HEAT AND CARBON WE CAN UP
UPTAKE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
FONDING FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HOW ACTIVITY BUYS HUMANS
INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH, KATE, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
BACK TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> RUSS FROM THE U TUBE ASKS
WILL SWOT BE ABLE TO SEE FOREST
CANTY, VEGETATION FOR WETTELAN
WATER LEVELS?
>> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
>> YES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF
QUESTIONS THAT I AM REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
SWOT LAUNCHES.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE FULL
ENO THE ANSWER.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE RED
LAND ARE SO COMPLEX, RIGHT?
THAT TERM CONTAINS A VAST ARRAY
OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FROM
PLACES LIKE THE EVERGLADES,
WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE WHERE YOU
HAVE GRASSES WITH WATER
UNDERNEATH TO PLACES LIKE THE
AMAZON FLOOD PLAIN WHERE YOU
HAVE REALLY DEFENSE FOREST
CANOPIES.
IF I HAD TO QUESTION.
I WOULD GUESS THAT SWOT WILL BE
ABLE TO TELL US REALLY
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING GOING IN ON THE SORT OF
GRASS TYPE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE
SPARSER VEGETATION.
I THINK JUST BECAUSE THE
WAVELENGTH THAT WE ARE USING IS
SO SHORT IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR
US TO GET REALLY GOOD DATE IN
PLACES WHERE WE HAVE REALLY
DEFENSE VEGETATION, BUT THIS
REALLY GOES BACK TO A LOT OF
WHAT NADYA WAS TALKING ABOUT,
SWOT IS A PATH FINDER MISSION,
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE PUT
IT UP IN SPACE, WE DON'T KNOW
ALL OF ITS CAPABILITIES.
AND PART OF THE JOY ON, WOULDING
ON SWOT IS GETTING TO FIND OUT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD, SELMA?
>> YES.
PERHAPS ANOTHER INSIGHT ON THIS
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT QUESTION AND
THE EARLY PREPARATORY PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING SWAT AS A
STAND-ALONE MISSION TO ADDRESS
FROM KEY COMPLEX CLEAN AT CHANGE
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES.
FROM THE BEGINNING WITHIN THE
CNES EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAM
ALSO FOR NASA OBSERVATION
PROGRAM.
WE ARE CONSIDERING THE USE OF
THE SWOT MEASUREMENTS IN
CONNECTION IN ORDER TO TACKLE
THE KEY TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL
THE PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS AND WE
HAVE ALREADY TODAY IN ORBIT SOME
EUROPEAN MISSIONS SUCH AS THE
SMALL SNAP ON NASA -- ANOTHER
J.P.L. NASA MISSION, FROM
BEGINNING THEY WERE NOT EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
HEIGHT OF VEGETATION OVER
TROPICAL REGION, THEY WERE
DEDICATED TO OTHER SCIENCE
OBJECTIVE.
BUT WHEN WE EXPLORED THOSE NEW
MEASUREMENTS, WE COULD DEVELOP
OOY AREAS THAT WERE NOT
COMPLETELY EXPECTED FROM THE
INITIAL MISSION, SO MY MAIN
MESSAGE HERE IS TO SAY THAT SWOT
MEASUREMENTS, YES, IS NEW, IS AN
UNPRECEDENTED MEASUREMENT, BUT
IN THE MEANTIME, ALL OF THE
SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE
USERS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE
EARLY ADOPTER PROGRAMS ARE
PREPARING THAT IN CONGRESS
JUNCTION, AND COMPLEMENTARY WITH
OTHER MEASUREMENTS, BUT MORE
IMPORTANT, MORE IMPORTANT
TACKLING THE COMPLEX CLIMATE
CHANGE IS ALSO PREPARING THE NEW
GENERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
MODELING, WE ARE SPEAKING IN
FRANCE WITHIN THE COPERNICUS
MINE SURFACE AND MARKETING SINCE
2013 WE ARE PREPARING THE NEXT
HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL WHICH
COULD ASSIMILATE AND WILL
ASSIMILATE THOSE SWOT
MEASUREMENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
A BETTER PREDICTION, MORE THAN
BETTER SEVEN DAYS.
AND THIS IS THE CRITICAL ASPECT
ALSO OF THE SWOT PROGRAM IS TO
HANDLE AND TO GATHER ALL OF THE
MEANS, ALL OF THE ASSETS IN
ORDER TO MAKE THE BETTER ADDED
VALUE OF THOSE SWOT
MEASUREMENTS.
>> SELMA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT ADDITION THERE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PHONE QUESTION,
THIS IS LOSE I ODOUR WITH A. SP.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IT,
IT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD WHAT ARE
THEY EXACTLY, RADARS, WHY THESE
BIG TWO ARMS.
AND, YEAH, HOW DO THESE
INSTRUMENTS COMPARE WITH
PREVIOUSLY ONES, THANK YOU.
>> IT, LAWSY.
>> DOCUMENT KNEE START?
>> YEAH, SO THE HEART OF THIS
SWOT SYSTEM IS THE NEW RADAR
INFRA ROM TER WHICH KAREN HAS
EXPLAINED ALREADY.
ONE TRANSMITS AN ELECTRIC NAG
NET I GO PULSE THAT DOWNS OF
THEth'S SURFACE CAPTURING BOOT
THE AN 10 AS THE SIGNAL IS OUT
OF SYNC OUT OF FACE WHAT WE CALL
IT AND THIS FAZE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WITH GREATER WAVELENGTH
ALLOWS US TO TRIANGULATE AND
COMMUTE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
EARTH'S SURFACE AND THE
SATELLITE WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE
TO THE HEIGHT OF THE WATER.
DOING IT WITH THIS WIDE SWAG,
THE TWO ANTENNAS, BEN HAD A NICE
ANIMATION WITH THE SWATH, OVER
LIKE 50 KILOMETERS WIDE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TWO
DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS OF
HEIGHT OR -- OR OCEAN HEIGHT --
WATER HEIGHT RATHER.
STILL OCEAN, YEAH.
SO WATER HEIGHT AND THAT SETS IT
APART FROM THE TRADITIONAL.
DOWNWARD LOOKING METER ALTIMETER
WHICH SELMA REFERRING TO
EARLIER.
JUST LOOKED DOWN AND COLLECT
MEASUREMENTS OF THE WATER
SURFACE IN A TRADITIONAL
CONVENTIONAL WAY.
WE WILL HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY ON
THE SWOT WAS AS WELL TO
COMPLIMENT KAREN AS WELL.
SWOT TECHNOLOGY ALSO, BUT SO
COMPLEMENTARY IS ANOTHER ASPECT
SWOT OBSERVING SYSTEM.
>> THAT WAS A TWO-PART QUESTION
OR THAT'S ENOUGH?
>> THAT WAS GOOD.
THAT WAS ON THE INSTRUMENTS I
BELIEVE.
SO I THINK YOU COVERED IT.
>> JUST A FEW MISTAKES.
YOU CAN EDIT IT.
WE'LL ROLL WITH THAT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NADYA.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ABOUT
TWO OR THREE MORE QUESTIONS.
SO I WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH
ASSOCIATES MEDIA.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
YOUTUBE.
WILL MOISTURE IN THE AIR AFFECT
THE MEASUREMENTS?
>> AND WE HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> YES.
THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> YES. THE ANSWER IS YES, OF
COURSE.
>> AND WE HAVE ALREADY SOME --
WHAT WE CALL THE -- WITHIN THE
CLASSICAL ALTIMETER MISSION AND
IT IS THE CASE FOR THE SWOT, WE
WILL HAVE WHAT -- GEO FILL THAT
WILL BENEFIT FROM THE NEEDED
COLLECTION THE ATMOSPHERE IMPACT
ON THE MEASUREMENTS, OF COURSE.
ET CETERA, ET CETERA, OF COURSE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
NADYA AND SELMA AGAIN FOR
ANSWERING THAT TOGETHER.
AGAIN, I AM LOOKING AROUND THE
ROOM, BUT IF NONE -- NO OTHER
ARE IN THE ROOM WE'LL GO BACK TO
SOCIAL MEDIA ONCE MORE.
THIS IS THE LAST ONE FROM
SOCIAL.
>> WHEN ARE YOU EXPECTING THE
DATA TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND HOW WILL THEY ACCESS
IT?
>> I CAN TAKE IT.
YES.
AS WE WERE SAYING WITH SWOT, WE
ARE BUILDING AN OPEN SCIENCE
COMMUNITY WHAT WE CALL IT.
WE ARE TRYING THIS EXPERT WHERE
WE ARE RELEASING SO-CALLED
PRE-VALIDATED DATA SETS AND
INVITING COMMUNITY TO HELP NASA
AND CNES VALIDATE THIS NEW FRESH
U TOGETHER SO.
ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND WE ARE RELEASE THIS IS
PRODUCT IN APPROXIMATELY NOMINAL
TIME FRAME FALL 2023.
>> YEAH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
RENDEZVOUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
TODAY ALL THE DATA.
ARE AIMING TO BE AVAILABLE BY
SEPTEMBER 2023.
BUT PRIOR TO THIS IMPORT
MILESTONE, THERE ARE MANY TEAMS
AROUND THE WORLD TO HANDLE AND
TO INVESTIGATE THOSE NEW
MEASUREMENTS.
AND THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
AND AS I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
AND AT EUROPEAN LEVEL WE HAVE AN
ALSO IMPORTANT RAN DAY VIEW WITH
THOSE SWOT MEASUREMENTS.
BECAUSE WE ARE PREPARING THE
NEXT GENERATION OF COPERNICUS
TOPOGRAPHY MISSION AND OF
COURSE, THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY AS
NADYA MENTIONED, IS OPENING A
NEW ERA, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
CONTINUITY, CONTINUITY AS NADYA
IS ON BOARD FOR THIS MISSION,
BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES ON THE
NEW AREAS IN CLIMATE CHANGE
STUDIES.
AND WE HAVE WITHIN THE EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY, AND THE EUROPEAN
UNION AN IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS IN
THE BEGINNING OF 2024.
A THE RECEPTION OF THE
CALIBRATED AND VALIDATED SWOT
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