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The SWOT mission will reshape our understanding of the global terrestrial water cycle

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By simultaneously integrating the measurements from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite and those from other Earth-observing satellites into hydrological modelling systems, we could transform our understanding of the global terrestrial water cycle. This opportunity comes with big challenges for the scientific community.

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Fig. 1: Future satellite-data integration into global hydrological models.

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  1. Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Augusto Getirana & Sujay Kumar

  2. Science Applications International Corporation, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Augusto Getirana

  3. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Paul Bates

  4. Météo-France, Toulouse, France

    Aaron Boone & Simon Munier

  5. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Dennis Lettenmaier

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Getirana, A., Kumar, S., Bates, P. et al. The SWOT mission will reshape our understanding of the global terrestrial water cycle. Nat Water 2, 1139–1142 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00352-0

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