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SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Data Product, Version D D SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Node Data Product, Version D D SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Reach Data Product, Version D D SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Cycle-Averaged Data Product, Version D D SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 4 Sword of Science River Discharge Products, Version 3 3 SWOT KaRIn 2023-03-29 to 2025-05-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Reach Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Node Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Cycle-Averaged Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Data Product, Version 1.1 1.1 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
ABoVE: Surface Water Extent, Boreal and Tundra Regions, North America, 1991-2011 1.1 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1990-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 82.3729 S: 41.7039 E: -53.9393 W: -177.475

GeoTIFF
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1.0 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
SWOT Level 2 River Single-Pass Vector Data Product, Version 1.0 1.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Level 2 River Cycle-Averaged Data Product 1.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate River Vectors Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

shapefile
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate Lake Vectors Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

Shapefile
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Water Mask Pixel Cloud Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

20 Meters x 20 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate Raster Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

100 Meters x 100 Meters
250 Meters x 250 Meters 		netCDF-4
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Pixel Cloud Vector Attribute Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

20 Meters x 20 Meters netCDF-4
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Sentinel-1 (Version 1) 1.0 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B SENTINEL-1 C-SAR 2023-12-01 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
Location and Permanency of Water Bodies in the African Sahel Region from 2003-2011 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 20 S: 10 E: 40 W: -20

netCDF-3
Timeseries of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived from CubeSat Imagery, 2017 1 SATELLITES CAMERA 2017-05-01 to 2017-10-01

N: 70.3105 S: 52.8149 E: -89.8193 W: -149.699

multiple
ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1, Terra AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: 39.383 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
MODIS/Terra Land Water Mask Derived from MODIS and SRTM L3 Global 250m SIN Grid V061 061 Terra MODIS 2000-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V061 061 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS2
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Featured Total Surface Water Observation Method: SWOT

NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) platform monitors Earth’s surface water using its primary instrument, the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn).

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Accessing Data for the World's Water with SWOT

Learn how to discover, access, and use Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission data and how these data can lead to new, innovative science and applications in the world of water.

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