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What is SWOT? The satellite that just changed our view of tsunamis

It just captured a historic image of a tsunami from space. Learn about SWOT, the groundbreaking NASA/CNES satellite mapping ...
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First Detailed Look at a Tsunami From Space Reveals Unexpected Feature

A satellite has tracked a tsunami in greater detail than ever before, which could help improve models of these giant waves ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite captures first detailed look at 2025 tsunami, revealing mid-ocean waves and dispersive behaviour

A powerful 2025 Kuril-Kamchatka earthquake generated a Pacific-wide tsunami, captured by NASA's SWOT satellite. These ...
Business Day

NASA’s SWOT satellite captures first full view of a tsunami in motion

When a powerful earthquake shook the far eastern edge of Russia in late July, it set off more than a huge movement of the ...

NASA Satellite Captures First-Ever High-Res View of a Giant Pacific Tsunami

A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not expect. A satellite designed to track the height of the ocean’s surface ...

First detailed tsunami seen from space by NASA, CNES — Here’s why it matters

Scientists used satellite data to study a rare tsunami. They examined the event with improved clarity today. The SWOT ...

NASA satellite captures first detailed overhead view of Pacific tsunami

A new study shares how scientists have gained an unprecedented look at how tsunami waves spread across the ocean.
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Flood forecasting from space, NASA’s SWOT satellite is making it happen

WASHINGTON — A NASA satellite is giving scientists an unprecedented look at bodies of water all over the world. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, also known as SWOT, is already ...

NASA, SWOT satellite capture unprecedented view of giant Pacific Tsunami that affected Russia, Japan; Hawaii; reveal complex wave patterns

NASA and the French space agency's SWOT satellite have captured a rare event, a Pacific-wide Tsunami triggered by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone on July 29 ...

Mapping Tsunami Dynamics: NASA's Groundbreaking Insights on the Recent Kuril-Kamchatka Peninsula Tsunami

On July 30, 2023, a massive tsunami struck Russia's Kuril-Kamchatka Peninsula, triggered by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake. This natural disaster not only tested the resilience of the local ...
SpaceNews

NASA Launches SWOT To Survey Earth’s Water

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
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Much of what lies on the seafloor remains a mystery. NASA is fixing that.

Taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut, this is a view of Lake Van off Turkey, the largest soda lake on Earth. This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from ...