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First Global Freshwater Survey to be Conducted by US-European Satellite

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Tom Patton
Jul 28, 2022
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The first global freshwater survey will be conducted by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite scheduled for launch in November.

“Current databases maybe have information on a couple thousand lakes around the world. SWOT will push that number to between 2 million and 6 million.”

Tamlin Pavelsky, the NASA freshwater science lead for SWOT

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