H139
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission: New Frontiers in Hydrology
Session ID#: 251285
Session Description:
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, launched in December 2022, marks a significant advancement in hydrological sciences. SWOT uses novel Ka-band radar interferometry to deliver, for the first time, simultaneous, high-resolution measurements of water surface elevation and inundation extent in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands globally. SWOT is fundamentally transforming our ability to understand the movement of water across continental surfaces. The hydrology and remote sensing science communities have worked for more than a decade to develop new methods and scientific understanding that will allow SWOT data to advance global hydrology. For this session, we solicit abstracts presenting recent advances using data from SWOT to unlock new frontiers in hydrology, the cryosphere, and estuaries. We also welcome presentation of improved algorithms for extracting hydrologically relevant information from SWOT data, as well as new modeling and data assimilation techniques leveraging data from SWOT combined with other satellite data.
Index Terms:
1845 Limnology [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1860 Streamflow [HYDROLOGY]
1890 Wetlands [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Tamlin Pavelsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Conveners: Hind Oubanas, IRSTEA, Antony Cedex, France and Simon Munier, Météo-France, Toulouse, France
Student/Early Career Convener: Merritt Harlan, U.S. Geological Survey, Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch, Lakewood CO, United States
Water Surface Elevation, Slope, and Inundation Extent Validation of SWOT in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska (1864458)
Camryn Kluetmeier, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States, Tamlin Pavelsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, Taylor Rowley, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, William Tooley, University of Colorado at Boulder, ESOC / CIRES, Boulder, United States, Audrey Turcotte, CIRES, Boulder, United States, Fiona Bennitt, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, Audrey N Thellman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Sarah W Cooley, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States
Hydrology–Hydraulic Model-Based Inversion of Discharge and Channel Parameters at River Network Scale from SWOT Altimetry (1867273)
PierreAndré Garambois1, Kevin Larnier2, Léo Pujol3, Ngo Nghi Truyen Huynh4, Ngoc Bao Nguyen5, Mouad Ettalbi6, Amine Berkaoui7, Mohamed Saadi7, Hélène Roux8 and Jerome Monnier9, (1)INRAE, RECOVER, Aix-Marseille University, AQUA (Dept. of waters), Aix-en-Provence, France, (2)Hydro Matters, Toulouse, France, (3)INRAE, RECOVER, Aix-Marseille University, AQUA (Dept. of waters), Aix-en-PRovence, France, (4)INRAE, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France, (5)INRAE, RECOVER, Aix-Marseille University, AQUA (Dept. of waters), Aix-en-provence, France, (6)Aiway, Aix-en-provence, France, (7)Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, (8)IMFT, Toulouse, France, (9)University INSA & Mathematics Institute of Toulouse, Toulouse cedex 4, France
Evaluation of SWOT-Derived Lake Products and Development of Lake Hypsometric Rating Curves through the Integration of SWOT, Satellite Altimetry, and Satellite Imagery (1879570)
Jihee Seo1, Hongxing Liu1, Song Shu2, Lei Wang3, Dan Tian1 and Matthew C LaFevor4, (1)The University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)Appalachian State University, Department of Geography and Planning, Boone, NC, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Global-Scale Analysis of River Slope Monthly Variation Based on the SWOT River Vector Data Product (1893807)
Yixian Chen1, Supath Dhital1, Sagy Cohen2, Anupal Baruah1 and Dipsikha Devi1, (1)The University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Community repository for SWOT discharge data (1895980)
Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Xiwei Guo, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, Sinead Lyster, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, University Park, United States, Stephen Paul Coss, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, United States, Merritt Harlan, USGS Colorado Water Science Center Lakewood, Lakewood, United States and Michael T Durand, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States
Narrow river detection with SWOT High Rate hydrology products: An evaluation over the conterminous United States (1897412)
Fiona Bennitt1, Colin J Gleason2, Craig Byron Brinkerhoff3,4, Tamlin Pavelsky5, Jonathan Acero Flores2 and Elisa Friedmann2, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (3)Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, United States, (4)Yale University, Institute for Biospheric Studies, New Haven, United States, (5)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States
Exploring the Effect of River Spatial Variability on SWOT Discharge Accuracy (1898263)
Yushan Zhang, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, Michael T Durand, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States; The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, Stephen Paul Coss, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, United States; Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, United States, Renato P. M. Frasson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Elizabeth M. Prior, Virginia Tech, Biological Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, United States and Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States
Inversion of Riverbed Elevation and Fragmentation Impacts from Multi-Temporal SWOT Water Surface Elevation Observations (1900755)
Youtong Rong1, Paul D Bates2 and Jeffrey C Neal2, (1)University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, (2)University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom
Global hydropower potential of world rivers revealed by the SWOT Mission (1902648)
Jonathan Acero Flores1, Colin J Gleason1, Dr. Jida Wang2, Casey Brown3, Rangel Daroya4, Fiona Bennitt5, Elisa Friedmann1 and Dongmei Feng6, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (2)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Information and Computer Sciences, Amherst, MA, United States, (5)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, (6)University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Cincinnati, United States
SWOT for Indian Hydrology: Insights and Challenges (Invited) (1909707)
J. Indu1, Girish Patidar2, Manu K Soman3, Subhankar Karmakar4, Faisal Hossain5, Margaret M Srinivasan6, Hind Oubanas7, Adrien Paris8 and Balaji Ramakrishnan3, (1)Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Civil Engineering, Mumbai, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (3)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Mumbai, India, (4)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (5)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Seattle, United States, (6)Caltech/JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)INRAE G-eau, Montpellier, France, (8)Hydro Matters, Toulouse, France
Application of SWOT Derived Data for Estimating Discharge–Depth Relationships and Improving Rating Curves in Texas Rivers (1914611)
Sujana Timilsina, University of Texas at Austin, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, TX, United States and Paola Passalacqua, The University of Texas at Austin, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States
Field Validation of SWOT-Derived Reservoir Water Levels in the Southeastern U.S. (1915724)
Matthew C LaFevor1, Hongxing Liu2, Jihee Seo2, Yitao Pu2, Shujie Wang3 and Song Shu4, (1)University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)The University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, Geography, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, ICDS, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Appalachian State University, Department of Geography and Planning, Boone, NC, United States
From Flow to Still, SWOT Enables Precise Dissection of Lake-River Continuum (LARIC) Zones and Characterization of Backwater Dynamics (1920202)
Xinchen He, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States, Dr. Jida Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States, Bruce L Rhoads, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States, Huilin Gao, Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States and George H. Allen, Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States
Evaluating SWOT elevation retrieval on inland water ice cover along Tanana River, Alaska (Invited) (1925474)
Xiao Yang1, Sunwoo Yoon2, Camryn Kluetmeier3, Christopher D Arp4, Allen C Bondurant4, Matt Nolan5 and Tamlin Pavelsky6, (1)Southern Methodist University, Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, United States, (2)Southern Methodist University, Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, United States, (5)Fairbanks Fodar, Fairbanks, United States, (6)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States
Monitor the global water cycle in the Anthropocene: Limitations and potential opportunities of SWOT through a case study of South Korea (1930445)
Jonghun Kam, POSTECH, Division of Environmental Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea, KwangHun Lee, POSTECH, Division of Env. Sci. and Eng., Pohang, South Korea and Sungjun Han, POSTECH Pohang University of Science, Pohang, South Korea
Impacts of Ice and Snow on SWOT River and Lake Measurements (1930545)
Yanqi Ye, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, RI, United States, Laurence C Smith, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States, Thomas Howard, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States and Cassie Stuurman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Investigating the Impact of River-Groundwater Exchange on SWOT-Based River Discharge Estimations (1939729)
Jonghyun Harry Lee, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Water Resources Research Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, Renato P. M. Frasson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Matthew Farthing, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, United States
DeltaFLOW: A Python Framework for Processing and Analyzing SWOT Data in Deltas and Wetlands (1947784)
Florin Miron, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, Zainescu Florin, University of Bucharest, ICUB, Sfântu Gheorghe Marine and Fluvial Research Station, Bucharest, Romania, Florin Tatui, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Bucharest, Romania and Edward Anthony, Aix-Marseille University, CEREGE, Aix en Provence, France
Using SWOT and ICESat-2 satellite observations to assess the vulnerability and resilience of global water towers (1952657)
Fangfang Yao, Brown University, Providence, United States, Laurence C Smith, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States, Thomas Howard, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States, Sebastian Muñoz, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States, Sonam Futi Sherpa, University of Utah, School of Environment Society and Sustainability, Salt Lake City, United States, Kehan Yang, PhD, Science Systems and Application Inc. (SSAI), Greenbelt, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Yanqi Ye, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, RI, United States
Understanding Geographically Isolated Wetland Hydrology with NASA SWOT: A Validation Study from the Dougherty Plain, GA (1952822)
Suranjana Chatterjee1, Frances C O'Donnell2, John Malone Beck3, Steven T Brantley4 and Kathryn Perkins1, (1)Auburn University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn, United States, (2)Auburn University, Civil Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, United States
Understanding SWOT discharge accuracy: Exploring typological drivers of SWOT discharge performance (1955378)
Stephen Paul Coss1, Michael T Durand1, Colin J Gleason2, Tamlin Pavelsky3, Hind Oubanas4, Pierre-Olivier Malaterre5 and Kevin Larnier6, (1)Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, (4)IRSTEA, Antony Cedex, France, (5)INRAE, Montpellier, France, (6)Hydro Matters, Toulouse, France
Assessing and Comparing SWOT River Discharge Performance Between Fast Sampling and Science Orbits (1957001)
Elisa Friedmann1, Colin J Gleason1, Cécile Cazals2, Michael T Durand3, Stephen Paul Coss4, Hind Oubanas5 and Jonathan Acero Flores6, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (2)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse Cedex 09, France, (3)Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States, (4)Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, United States, (5)IRSTEA, Antony Cedex, France, (6)Washington State University, Pullman, United States
Evaluating the potential of Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite data for assessing backwater dynamics at river confluences (1957748)
Tasneem Haq Meem, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geography and GIS, Urbana, United States, Bruce L Rhoads, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States and Dr. Jida Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States
Harmonizing River Discharge and Lake Storage Changes Globally with SWOT Satellite Measurements (1960304)
Hana Thurman1, George H. Allen2, Katie A. McQuillan1, Ryan Riggs3, Travis Thomas Simmons4, Dr. Jida Wang5, Huilin Gao6 and Anshul Yadav7, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Reston, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (5)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States, (6)Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States, (7)Texas A&M University College Station, Civil & Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States
Water level and extent variability in wetlands from SWOT (1960589)
Solomon Kica, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Tamlin Pavelsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States
Tracking Glacial Lake Flood Geohazards with SWOT (1967148)
Sonam Futi Sherpa, University of Utah, School of Environment, Society and Sustainability, Salt Lake City, United States, Laurence C Smith, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States, Bo Wang, Saint Louis University Main Campus, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science, Saint Louis, United States and Cassie Stuurman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Evaluating the Accuracy of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) River Products Over the CONUS (1971741)
Reza Jamshidi1, Edward Beighley1, Kelsey Pieper2 and C. Nathan Jones3, (1)Northeastern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, United States, (2)University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, (3)University of Alabama, Biological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
An Assessment of the Value of SWOT River and Lake Data for Hydrologic Modeling Using Physics-embedded Learning (1990365)
Peijun Li1, Chaopeng Shen1, Colin J Gleason2, Theodore Langhorst2, Konstantinos Andreadis2 and Casey Brown2, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States
Improved SWOT Observation Filtering and Area-Elevation Relationships for Surface Water Storage Monitoring (1997095)
Eric Levenson1, Sarah W Cooley1,2, Elizabeth Webb3 and Camryn Kluetmeier4,5, (1)University of Oregon, Eugene, United States, (2)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States, (3)Duke University, Durham, United States, (4)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States, (5)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Field Evaluation of SWOT Observations Using Ground and Airborne Measurements (2003136)
Mohamed Abdelkader1, Vanessa Robledo1, Cahit Yerdelen2, Ebru Eris2, Gülnur Ay2, Santiago Henao Gomez3, Humberto J Vergara, PhD4, Tolga Aksallı5, Mert Şen5, Tuğrul Tokatlı5 and Mustafa Serkan Kartal5, (1)University of Iowa, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States, (2)Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, (3)University of Iowa, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)University of Iowa, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, United States, (5)State Hydraulic Works, Izmir, Turkey
Multi-Wavelength SAR Analysis for River Width Detection: Comparing Sensor Performance Across Vegetation Gradients (2004334)
Joel Johnson, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, J. Toby Minear, USGS, Baltimore, United States and Kristy French Tiampo, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States
