C7H5N3O6

C7H5N3O6 t1_ivjm1jn wrote

Presumably SWOT will not be in a geosynchronous orbit in order to catelogue all the different bodies of water, so is the orbit intended to repeat at substantially the same spot to account for seasonal fluctuations or will it require many years to actually assess declines/gains by those different bodies of water?

What is SWOT hoping to gain that ground surveys of surface water bodies cannot?

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