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most pressing climate change questions

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of our time it is now undergoing final

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launch welcome I am Marina jurika with

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NASA's jet propulsion laboratory in

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Southern California the swap mission is

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NASA JPL and kness are here to give you

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an update on the satellite and discuss

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why we need the data it will collect on

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our panel today we have tahini armor

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Lee luang Fu project scientist at JPL

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later in the program we will take media

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asknasa I'll hand it over to tahini Amer

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first time which implies that is the

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first satellite to do so and it will

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address question that we have around

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help us inform decision about our

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essential and it's very important and it

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store and move Earth's heat and carbon

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climate so what will help us to know

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how the planet what a resources are

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changing that impact those changes that

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very fruitful relationship to understand

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satellite that orbiting Earth that

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future of uh our uh Earth observing

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system that NASA is working on let me

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the water connects all of us and we're

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cooperation between our two countries

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satellite which contains many

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first-of-a-kind Technologies

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you can see in this animation the Nader

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module which basically houses all of the

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other instruments uh besides the Karen

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system

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once it's opened up inside you can see

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the Doris instrument which is a precise

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positioning instrument

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to also get all of this data down one

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terabyte per day we need a very high

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performance x-band telecommunications

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system

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and we need other instruments like the

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microwave radiometer that helps us

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correct for water vapor delay in the

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main radar signal that we get back along

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with a traditional Nader altimeter the

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Karen instrument is the rest of the

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payload module you can see the high

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voltage power supplies first of a Kind

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15 kilovolts system

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you can also see the uh Karen

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Electronics which are include a very

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high performance on-board processing

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system along with the radio frequency

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unit and Gyro all of this together what

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you don't see is also a very high

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performance thermal management system

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that's keeping the whole payload module

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very very stable at five home one

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hundredths of a of a degree per minute

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that's just some of the key technologies

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that we have on the on the SWAT

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satellite one additional system that you

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didn't see there and you will see in the

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next animation

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is the main antennas for the Karen radar

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which are currently what you see here

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are an a stowed configuration folded up

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for launch inside the rocket and once

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we're in orbit within the first few days

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of the mission we'll be deploying these

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antennas which will be rotating out one

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by one over the course of four days

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we'll have these arm masks fold out and

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then ultimately we'll have the antennas

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which will also fold out each of these

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antennas are five meters long and then

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they're separated by 10 meters as I

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mentioned before

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after this we'll be starting the

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commissioning of the overall satellite

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turning on the rest of the instruments

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one by one over the course of the next

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two months after we launch the mission

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we are after that we'll be doing an

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extensive checkout in calibration and

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validation of the overall satellite and

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and in particular the science

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instruments and checking their behavior

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as we prepare for the science Mission

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which will start about six months after

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the launch

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as mentioned before the satellite is in

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good shape we are at uh Vandenberg Air

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Force Base doing the final checks on the

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satellite the Falcon 9 rocket provided

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by SpaceX is also being prepared for

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launch and we're all really getting

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excited uh for a beautiful launch on the

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12th of December at 3 46 a.m now I'm

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going to turn it over to my colleague

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Lee Fu our project scientist who will

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thank you parag for Paving the way for

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me to speak about the science of SWAT my

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name is Lilo and Foo I'm the small

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project scientist

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this is an emotional moment for me

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as I have been working on this Edition

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for nearly 20 years

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the road of former and ambitious concept

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to this gigantic Observatory ready for

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launch has been long and winding

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finally reaching the moment of truth and

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both excited and anxious somewhat

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swad is a Pathfinder Mission addressing

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transformative questions on water and

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energy of the earth system

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by making measurement of the elevation

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of water surface of the world

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conventional red eye altimeter looks

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straight down sampling one-dimensional

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profile of water elevation

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the thrust of SWAT however is making

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two-dimensional measurement of the water

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elevation over a swath on each side of

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the satellite's ground track

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the technique is called radar

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interferometry as illustrated by the

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animation shown by parok

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as you have seen the measurement system

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is complex

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demanding extraordinary stability of the

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instrument and the Precision control of

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the large spacecraft

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making swad a very challenging mission

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swad will cover the world between 78

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degrees north and 78 degrees south every

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21 days providing a high definition view

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of the surface water and ocean

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topography

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the observation of the surface water on

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land is what we need to assess the

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budget of fresh water

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in a warming climate the Earth's water

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cycle is accelerating

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making Water Resources difficult to

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track and manage

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where is the water

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where does it come from and where does

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it go

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these are important questions

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were not equipped to answer because the

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world's rivers and lakes are poorly

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sampled in many places

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so what will make a Quantum Jump by

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making observations from space to create

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a global inventory of Water Resources

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water is also a source of Hazards if one

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budget is out of balance will have

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either flood or drought

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SWAT data will help us improve

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monitoring and forecast of such perils

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this image shows all the world Rivers

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wider than 100 meters to be surveyed by

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SWAT over the world

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the amount of data from squad on rivers

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and lakes is orders for magnitude more

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than current existing

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for instance only tens of a thousands of

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lakes have been well surveyed but that's

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what we're serving millions of lakes at

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present its observations only reveal the

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two-dimensional extent of water bodies

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SWAT will add the third dimension of

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water elevation

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as my hydrology colleagues like to say

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swada will provide them with a pair of

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3D glasses to study the dynamic movement

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the observation of ocean topography will

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allow us to assess the energy balance of

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the earth system

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this is because the ocean is a giant air

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conditioner for the planet

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more than 90 percent of heat from global

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warming has been absorbed and stored in

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the ocean

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temperature would be a whopping 67

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degrees Celsius or 153 degrees

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Fahrenheit

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such as scorching Earth is certainly not

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inhabitable

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the absorption of heat by the ocean

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takes place at small scales not

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presently observable from space

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swad will make a high definition views

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of ocean topography revealing the swirls

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of ocean currents that are responsible

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for heat uptake by the ocean

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I will now show you animation of the

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evolution of space observations of ocean

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topography over the past 40 years

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yeah please show the animation yeah it

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starts with the seaside 40 years ago

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showing a blurry view of the changing

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ocean topography

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followed by jio said five years later

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revealing some details

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but until topics Poseidon and Json

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Series in combination with other

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satellites We Begin seeing the

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ubiquitous ocean Eddies or the storm of

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ocean currents

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but only a squad will be able to see the

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small Eddies in the fronts that are

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responsible for taking heat from the

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atmosphere

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these are the oceanic analog of

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thunderstorms creating intense vertical

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motions

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join down the heat from the atmosphere

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and stored in the deep ocean

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this new information will help improve

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Ocean Models for predicting the ocean's

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capacity in the future to continue

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absorbing heat to regulate climate

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change

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in summary

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SWA data will provide researchers better

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understand the ocean's role in climate

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change and how the warming climate is

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affecting Earth's lakes rivers and the

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reservoirs IT addresses the energy

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driving climate change and its impact on

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Fresh Water Resources

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I would not like to turn to my colleague

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Ben to talk to him about the societal

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thanks Lee that was great

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my name is Ben Hamilton I'm a research

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scientist here at the NASA jet

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propulsion laboratory and I want to go

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one step further and talk to you about

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some of the potential societal benefits

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and application of the data from SWAT

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which you've already heard a little bit

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about if you can pull up my first

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animation so this is one that Prague

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already showed but as you heard from Lee

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SWAT will provide nearly complete view

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of the surface water on Earth data

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collected by SWAT over the land over the

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ocean and where the land and ocean meet

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along our coastlines is going to play a

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really important role in informing us

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about our daily lives and livelihoods

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and I want to walk through each of these

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briefly so we can pull up the next

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visual

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SWAT is going to provide high definition

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Clarity for lakes rivers and wet

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reservoirs across the globe this is

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going to allow us to track changes in

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our water resources that are occurring

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over time as we've heard we know that

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climate change is accelerating Earth's

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water cycle and what this means is there

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are shifting precipitation patterns

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where we might have torrential downpours

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in some locations and extreme droughts

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in others as these changes continue in

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the future more communities around the

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world are going to be inundated with

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water while in other areas some

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communities may just not have enough

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water

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SWAT data is going to be used to monitor

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drought conditions improve flood

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forecasts monitor Reservoir volume and

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assess River flow and in doing so it's

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going to provide essential information

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to Water Management agencies disaster

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preparedness agencies civil engineers

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and other stakeholders who need to track

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water in their local areas and I think

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really importantly this is going to be

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done on global scales we're going to

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provide data in regions where monitoring

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is a real challenge today

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now shifting over the ocean swat's going

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to provide detailed information on the

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smaller features that Lee was talking

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about these fronts in these Eddies the

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unprecedented unprecedented high

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resolution information can then be used

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to improve our understanding of ocean

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circulation and this then has the

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potential to yield important information

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for a wide range of Industries like the

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shipping industry the fishing industry

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and even for recreation

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we also know that these small-scale

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ocean features are responsible for

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transporting pollutants around the ocean

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and then to our coasts examples of this

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would be oil spills or ocean debris

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following tsunamis which we've seen some

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recent examples of precisely tracking

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the location speed and direction of

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potentially harmful materials will Aid

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in natural hazard assessment prediction

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and ultimately a response to these these

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hazards

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and then finally swad is going to give

565
00:25:26,330 --> 00:25:25,200
us data on changing sea levels closer to

566
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:26,340
the coast than any of our previous

567
00:25:30,409 --> 00:25:28,799
satellites sea level around the world is

568
00:25:32,510 --> 00:25:30,419
rising a little bit faster every year we

569
00:25:34,370 --> 00:25:32,520
know that from the data gaps in our

570
00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:34,380
available observations make it difficult

571
00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:36,179
to understand exactly how sea level is

572
00:25:38,690 --> 00:25:37,620
changing directly at the coast where

573
00:25:40,970 --> 00:25:38,700
it's really the most important to

574
00:25:42,529 --> 00:25:40,980
understand it may sound surprising but

575
00:25:43,789 --> 00:25:42,539
along many coastlines of the world we

576
00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:43,799
really don't have a good view of sea

577
00:25:46,970 --> 00:25:45,600
level change that is taking place and

578
00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:46,980
this makes it challenging to determine

579
00:25:50,930 --> 00:25:48,480
what sort of future impacts these

580
00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:50,940
coastal areas will experience swat's

581
00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:52,080
going to help us fill in some of these

582
00:25:55,370 --> 00:25:53,700
blank spots it's going to give us

583
00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:55,380
insight into Coastal sea levels that we

584
00:25:58,730 --> 00:25:57,000
can then put into computer models that

585
00:26:00,950 --> 00:25:58,740
allow us to improve our projections and

586
00:26:02,630 --> 00:26:00,960
flood forecasts this improved

587
00:26:04,490 --> 00:26:02,640
information is extremely important for a

588
00:26:06,049 --> 00:26:04,500
number of different reasons including

589
00:26:07,310 --> 00:26:06,059
supporting the adaptation efforts that

590
00:26:09,649 --> 00:26:07,320
are underway both here in the United

591
00:26:10,789 --> 00:26:09,659
States but also on global scales and it

592
00:26:13,070 --> 00:26:10,799
is also very important for National

593
00:26:15,649 --> 00:26:13,080
Security since our military has so much

594
00:26:17,269 --> 00:26:15,659
infrastructure in these coastal areas

595
00:26:18,890 --> 00:26:17,279
so in order to ensure that these

596
00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:18,900
benefits are realized a couple things

597
00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:21,480
are happening already first swats data

598
00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:22,559
is going to be free and easily

599
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:24,360
accessible as you already heard

600
00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:26,400
but in addition to making this data easy

601
00:26:30,830 --> 00:26:28,799
to access for users we're also building

602
00:26:32,930 --> 00:26:30,840
tools to help support users working with

603
00:26:35,090 --> 00:26:32,940
the data once it becomes available

604
00:26:36,890 --> 00:26:35,100
and if you could pull my last visual

605
00:26:38,090 --> 00:26:36,900
So within the swap project we also have

606
00:26:40,010 --> 00:26:38,100
something called an early adopters

607
00:26:41,810 --> 00:26:40,020
program which I think is really cool a

608
00:26:43,730 --> 00:26:41,820
community of potential users from across

609
00:26:45,289 --> 00:26:43,740
the globe that continues to grow has

610
00:26:46,669 --> 00:26:45,299
been working with the SWAT team to learn

611
00:26:48,890 --> 00:26:46,679
how to quickly and effectively

612
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:48,900
incorporate future SWAT data into their

613
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:51,120
activities and this is a real dedicated

614
00:26:54,769 --> 00:26:52,980
effort to help users understand what

615
00:26:56,750 --> 00:26:54,779
SWAT will provide and how it can be

616
00:26:57,769 --> 00:26:56,760
useful in their applications and all

617
00:26:59,149 --> 00:26:57,779
this effort is designed to help

618
00:27:00,529 --> 00:26:59,159
communities that need the data to hit

619
00:27:02,149 --> 00:27:00,539
the ground running once that data from

620
00:27:03,890 --> 00:27:02,159
SWAT becomes available which it was

621
00:27:05,330 --> 00:27:03,900
really important to us to continue to

622
00:27:07,130 --> 00:27:05,340
Foster

623
00:27:08,690 --> 00:27:07,140
so while SWAT is going to answer many

624
00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:08,700
important science questions about water

625
00:27:12,169 --> 00:27:10,440
here on Earth that Lee and others have

626
00:27:13,669 --> 00:27:12,179
talked about it also has the potential

627
00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:13,679
to be really transformative in its

628
00:27:16,850 --> 00:27:15,360
ability to support those reliant on

629
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:16,860
water for their daily lives and

630
00:27:20,210 --> 00:27:18,480
livelihoods and this includes

631
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:20,220
applications across Land Ocean or

632
00:27:22,909 --> 00:27:21,840
coastal regions and it's going to

633
00:27:24,529 --> 00:27:22,919
produce relevant and important

634
00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:24,539
information for almost everyone here on

635
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:25,440
Earth

636
00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:28,080
thanks and then back to you Marina

637
00:27:32,090 --> 00:27:30,000
thank you so much Ben and thank you to

638
00:27:34,909 --> 00:27:32,100
our speakers we are now ready to take

639
00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:34,919
media questions remember to press star

640
00:27:39,169 --> 00:27:37,320
one to get put in the queue and please

641
00:27:41,269 --> 00:27:39,179
direct your questions to one of the

642
00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:41,279
panelists we're also taking questions

643
00:27:46,970 --> 00:27:44,760
through the hashtag asknasa and we'll

644
00:27:51,049 --> 00:27:46,980
start with social media questions right

645
00:28:02,990 --> 00:27:51,059
now D on Twitter asks will SWAT be

646
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,950
would you like to take that Ben

647
00:28:11,210 --> 00:28:09,230
uh sure yeah so swat's going to see the

648
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:11,220
surface water here on Earth right so it

649
00:28:14,690 --> 00:28:12,720
gives us almost complete survey of

650
00:28:16,549 --> 00:28:14,700
surface water we're not going to see

651
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:16,559
these underwater features uh at least

652
00:28:20,390 --> 00:28:18,480
not not directly maybe we can infer some

653
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:20,400
of them from the data but uh really the

654
00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:21,960
benefit of SWAT is being able to see the

655
00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:24,240
surface water

656
00:28:29,870 --> 00:28:25,500
thank you

657
00:28:32,269 --> 00:28:29,880
grav on YouTube asks will we be able to

658
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:32,279
determine the accelerated rate of

659
00:28:39,409 --> 00:28:36,000
warming of oceans and or the increasing

660
00:28:43,070 --> 00:28:39,419
melting of glaciers and polar regions

661
00:28:45,230 --> 00:28:43,080
due to global warming via SWAT

662
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:45,240
Lee would you like to take that

663
00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:48,799
yes absolutely uh swad will make

664
00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:54,200
observations surface water and also ice

665
00:28:59,810 --> 00:28:57,179
including sea ice and land ice

666
00:29:02,810 --> 00:28:59,820
and the but most important contribution

667
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:02,820
of SWAT is to understand the ocean's

668
00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:05,760
role in climate change by absorbing most

669
00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:08,400
of the heat dumped To Us by global

670
00:29:13,909 --> 00:29:11,159
warming so it really helped us to

671
00:29:16,390 --> 00:29:13,919
understand the mechanism of climate

672
00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:16,400
change and its Evolution into the future

673
00:29:23,330 --> 00:29:20,940
and of course it also measures the the

674
00:29:26,870 --> 00:29:23,340
stress of what the climate change

675
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:26,880
imposes on Water Resources so it's not

676
00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:29,760
to monitor climate change for you know

677
00:29:35,210 --> 00:29:32,580
because it's a three years Mission the

678
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:35,220
primary Mission but the most important

679
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:37,620
thing is to provide a high definition

680
00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:40,559
view of both those three in circulation

681
00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:43,500
and the surface water so that we can

682
00:29:49,010 --> 00:29:46,020
understand how climate change will

683
00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:49,020
evolve and how we are going to deal with

684
00:29:53,389 --> 00:29:51,480
these common changes

685
00:29:59,029 --> 00:29:53,399
thank you

686
00:30:03,169 --> 00:29:59,039
now caller number one Gino Harrell from

687
00:30:05,389 --> 00:30:03,179
Radio Canada good morning Geno

688
00:30:08,090 --> 00:30:05,399
can you hear me yes

689
00:30:11,029 --> 00:30:08,100
good uh yeah I wanted to know how

690
00:30:13,190 --> 00:30:11,039
essential uh Canada's role was and

691
00:30:15,470 --> 00:30:13,200
Kenyan space agency's role was in

692
00:30:17,750 --> 00:30:15,480
building this Mission I understand there

693
00:30:19,850 --> 00:30:17,760
were a characterization having to take

694
00:30:22,310 --> 00:30:19,860
place uh but also in the Canadian

695
00:30:29,990 --> 00:30:22,320
instrument content on the satellite to

696
00:30:34,850 --> 00:30:32,450
Prague

697
00:30:36,289 --> 00:30:34,860
yeah really great question thanks for uh

698
00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:36,299
for bringing that up

699
00:30:41,870 --> 00:30:40,020
um so uh on SWAT NASA has a bilateral

700
00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:41,880
cooperation with the Canadian space

701
00:30:47,870 --> 00:30:45,960
agency and uh CSA is providing a very

702
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:47,880
important piece of the Karen instrument

703
00:30:53,630 --> 00:30:51,120
which is uh the uh what's called the

704
00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:53,640
extended interaction Klystron it's the

705
00:30:59,950 --> 00:30:56,640
high power transmitter uh that Karen

706
00:31:03,730 --> 00:30:59,960
uses to actually transmits its signal

707
00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:03,740
and this has been an extremely important

708
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:07,260
contribution on SWAT this is a piece of

709
00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:10,080
equipment that really doesn't exist

710
00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:13,640
anywhere except actually from one of the

711
00:31:20,570 --> 00:31:17,059
partners companies in in Canada

712
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:20,580
we've worked very closely with Canadian

713
00:31:26,029 --> 00:31:22,559
scientists as well who are participating

714
00:31:29,510 --> 00:31:26,039
in many science activities particularly

715
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:29,520
looking at of course the the millions of

716
00:31:36,250 --> 00:31:33,120
of water bodies and lakes and rivers in

717
00:31:39,169 --> 00:31:36,260
the in the Canadian Northern continent

718
00:31:41,810 --> 00:31:39,179
and and so on the instrument we have a

719
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:41,820
very close collaboration it's a very

720
00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:43,620
important piece of equipment

721
00:31:46,430 --> 00:31:45,000
um particularly for the Karen instrument

722
00:31:50,990 --> 00:31:46,440
and we're looking forward to working

723
00:31:59,810 --> 00:31:54,230
thank you Prague our next caller is

724
00:32:02,690 --> 00:31:59,820
Megan Bartels from space.com hello Megan

725
00:32:05,450 --> 00:32:02,700
hi thanks so much for taking my question

726
00:32:07,130 --> 00:32:05,460
um I'm not sure exactly who this is best

727
00:32:09,950 --> 00:32:07,140
suited for but

728
00:32:12,529 --> 00:32:09,960
a few of you have mentioned what will be

729
00:32:14,690 --> 00:32:12,539
the first satellites that can see all of

730
00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:14,700
the water on Earth could you talk about

731
00:32:19,850 --> 00:32:18,120
why none of the satellites that are

732
00:32:21,950 --> 00:32:19,860
currently in orbit or have been in orbit

733
00:32:23,570 --> 00:32:21,960
can do that and sort of what makes that

734
00:32:30,769 --> 00:32:23,580
possible for SWAT where it's not

735
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:33,169
yeah I I think I can take on this

736
00:32:41,810 --> 00:32:37,799
question it's a great one and uh before

737
00:32:44,810 --> 00:32:41,820
uh SWAT or even out imagery the primary

738
00:32:48,230 --> 00:32:44,820
way to observe the Earth's water from

739
00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:48,240
space is Optical instrument so there is

740
00:32:52,190 --> 00:32:49,620
a high definition view of the

741
00:32:54,409 --> 00:32:52,200
two-dimensional extent of waters but we

742
00:32:57,289 --> 00:32:54,419
don't know how much water is there how

743
00:33:00,049 --> 00:32:57,299
the water is Flowing so without imagery

744
00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:00,059
40 years ago actually revolutionized by

745
00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:02,640
adding the third dimension of what the

746
00:33:06,409 --> 00:33:04,320
elevation so that we do ocean

747
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:06,419
circulation and the land water

748
00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:08,880
monitoring however all these neither

749
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:10,980
looking or the the radar looking

750
00:33:15,769 --> 00:33:12,960
straight down taking only one

751
00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:15,779
dimensional profile so it takes months

752
00:33:22,370 --> 00:33:19,140
to piecemeal the Earth SWAT you know

753
00:33:25,549 --> 00:33:22,380
every 21 days will sample the entire

754
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:25,559
Earth without the gaps the elevation

755
00:33:31,070 --> 00:33:28,799
under this high definition view will

756
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:31,080
review ocean Circle Edition never

757
00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:33,360
observed before thus responsible for

758
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:36,240
absorbing heat to protect us from

759
00:33:42,110 --> 00:33:39,600
excessive warming but also provide

760
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:42,120
detailed information for water managers

761
00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:44,399
there's a third dimension as I mentioned

762
00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:48,120
earlier is like a 3D glasses you know in

763
00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:50,640
the past you don't have this perspective

764
00:33:56,750 --> 00:33:53,700
of the elevation but for the first time

765
00:33:59,029 --> 00:33:56,760
it's what we provide this third

766
00:34:02,570 --> 00:33:59,039
dimensional information therefore we can

767
00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:02,580
study hydrology in a quantitative manner

768
00:34:08,869 --> 00:34:05,340
tracking the flow calculating the rate

769
00:34:11,930 --> 00:34:08,879
so do the water budget management and

770
00:34:18,050 --> 00:34:14,750
thank you so much Lee we'll go back to

771
00:34:21,349 --> 00:34:18,060
social media Paul Smith on Facebook asks

772
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:21,359
what effect is the draining of the

773
00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:24,540
world's aquifiers on climate change and

774
00:34:28,609 --> 00:34:27,300
Rising internal temperatures of the

775
00:34:31,010 --> 00:34:28,619
Earth

776
00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:31,020
Lee

777
00:34:36,169 --> 00:34:33,119
yeah the um

778
00:34:38,750 --> 00:34:36,179
swad basically observes surface water

779
00:34:40,970 --> 00:34:38,760
but the aquifer the groundwater of

780
00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:40,980
course you know is the the biggest

781
00:34:48,050 --> 00:34:44,159
reservoir of first water on Earth

782
00:34:49,730 --> 00:34:48,060
and that so the water usage primarily

783
00:34:51,950 --> 00:34:49,740
you know you go through groundwater

784
00:34:54,889 --> 00:34:51,960
which is measured by other satellites

785
00:34:57,650 --> 00:34:54,899
but the surface waters is directly

786
00:35:00,589 --> 00:34:57,660
available to us for water usage and also

787
00:35:03,829 --> 00:35:00,599
create a hazards and as far as the

788
00:35:06,770 --> 00:35:03,839
draining groundwater and the the global

789
00:35:12,290 --> 00:35:06,780
warming uh I'm not quite sure the

790
00:35:17,569 --> 00:35:14,990
is the draining of the world's aquifiers

791
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:17,579
on climate change and Rising internal

792
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:25,790
that's really not my expertise but I

793
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:27,599
don't think so

794
00:35:34,069 --> 00:35:30,660
thank you Lee next question from Karen

795
00:35:39,829 --> 00:35:34,079
on Facebook asking is sea level rising

796
00:35:46,490 --> 00:35:43,130
take that one um yep

797
00:35:48,050 --> 00:35:46,500
well it's both right so and and a lot of

798
00:35:50,270 --> 00:35:48,060
our Coastal reasons we see subsidence

799
00:35:51,890 --> 00:35:50,280
which contributes to sea level change we

800
00:35:54,349 --> 00:35:51,900
call it relative sea level change so

801
00:35:56,210 --> 00:35:54,359
it's the movement of the ocean relative

802
00:35:58,190 --> 00:35:56,220
to land so subsidence is certainly a

803
00:35:59,690 --> 00:35:58,200
factor we see that along the gulf coast

804
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:59,700
of the United States it's particularly

805
00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:00,960
important there

806
00:36:05,210 --> 00:36:02,760
but on global scale is pretty much

807
00:36:06,950 --> 00:36:05,220
everywhere the ocean is indeed Rising as

808
00:36:09,109 --> 00:36:06,960
a result a result of global warming so

809
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:09,119
we know the contributors that lead to

810
00:36:13,490 --> 00:36:11,760
this increase in sea level

811
00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:13,500
um both the the main ones and Global

812
00:36:17,390 --> 00:36:15,720
scales are melting ice that's located on

813
00:36:19,370 --> 00:36:17,400
land and then thermal expansion of the

814
00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:19,380
ocean as it continues to absorb heat and

815
00:36:25,490 --> 00:36:23,400
expand so yes the ocean is certainly

816
00:36:27,710 --> 00:36:25,500
rising and causing sea levels to go up

817
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:27,720
along our coastlines subsidence kind of

818
00:36:32,510 --> 00:36:30,240
exacerbates that that signal that we see

819
00:36:35,690 --> 00:36:32,520
from the ocean

820
00:36:38,690 --> 00:36:35,700
thank you so much ben next is stop

821
00:36:41,870 --> 00:36:38,700
listen think on YouTube congratulations

822
00:36:45,890 --> 00:36:41,880
to be able to see this through after 20

823
00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:45,900
years I know it's difficult to do who is

824
00:36:56,150 --> 00:36:53,630
Prague or Terry I think Terry Terry

825
00:37:00,530 --> 00:36:56,160
should take that second question

826
00:37:02,990 --> 00:37:00,540
as I mentioned before when we uh set up

827
00:37:06,530 --> 00:37:03,000
the workshop between the US and France

828
00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:06,540
France propose to build up the the

829
00:37:14,109 --> 00:37:10,260
spacecraft bus based on the Talis alinea

830
00:37:17,990 --> 00:37:14,119
space experience so they build up

831
00:37:21,109 --> 00:37:18,000
high performance bus to cope with the

832
00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:21,119
demanding requirements from especially

833
00:37:25,370 --> 00:37:23,520
the caring instruments or the the

834
00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:25,380
effectively the spacecraft has been

835
00:37:32,030 --> 00:37:28,740
built by France and tales industry and

836
00:37:34,190 --> 00:37:32,040
Thailand also did the integration and

837
00:37:35,690 --> 00:37:34,200
the testing of the wool satellite in

838
00:37:38,810 --> 00:37:35,700
talescan

839
00:37:40,609 --> 00:37:38,820
foreign thank you Terry we're going to

840
00:37:42,290 --> 00:37:40,619
go back to the phone lines to Megan

841
00:37:45,290 --> 00:37:42,300
Bartels who has a follow-up question

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from space.com hello Megan

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hi thanks so much for taking a second

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question

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um I'd like to hear from each of you

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sort of with one month to go before

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launch what is left to tick off and how

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I can go first it's Prague

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um

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so we are we're doing as I said the last

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checks of course with uh with the

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satellite we're nearly done with that

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um and and we have to basically mate the

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satellite with the rocket and prepare

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that it's it's a fairly straightforward

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operation but one that requires again

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multiple organizations and teams of

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people uh working together they're

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really motivated excited because it's

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again a culmination of many years of

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work towards the the launch but we have

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a big team of people also preparing for

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the operations of the satellite and

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they've been working hard for many years

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as well preparing for this moment uh and

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uh they have been they're basically

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going through rehearsals uh to to get

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trained and ready for the big moment

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um just after the launch where they

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where they take over and uh so the the

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team was very excited I think they are

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they've invested many years of their

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personal career and and sacrificed for

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this moment and and have a personal

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connection with uh with the mission and

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of course uh with Earth Science because

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this is something very important to the

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people uh not only working as Engineers

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but really working as uh as people who

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care about uh about the Earth and and

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what this Mission might mean for that

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so I can go next so um we are at NASA

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headquarters we're very very excited

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about these missions because we're going

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to add another satellite to our Fleet to

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make sure we observe the Earth's in all

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different direction to understand what

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all the system was the earth to be able

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Terry hello yeah on the French side of

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course we are also excited with

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preparing for the launch because France

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has invested a lot of efforts and

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resources in this Mission this is

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actually the biggest uh cooperation

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mission of our country and of course

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because we've been involved either in

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the space for the flight system uh

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building up the the bus spacecraft bus

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and doing the integration of the

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satellite but also we are doing the

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operations in Toulouse France we have a

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big team there currently preparing for

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uh being ready for the launch and the

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early orbit operations everyone is of

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course today concentrated on their

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objective is to make that mission work

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you know as I said earlier that this

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mission's 20 years in making this long

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Endeavor is the one and winding and as

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you have heard this satellite is huge

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the complex system of measurement is the

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first of its kind unprecedented so at

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this moment you know my emotion is a

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mixture of uh you know excitement thrill

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Ben that I can go last year

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um yeah I mean so I sit firmly on the

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science side and uh unsurprisingly I'm

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also excited about uh the potential for

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for what comes after launch when SWAT

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starts uh sending down some data I mean

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we heard words in this panel like Game

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Changer Pathfinder transformative and I

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don't think these are just buzzwords I

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think there's the real potential for

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SWAT to provide information both for

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Science and application that's

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it's really just going to provide an

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enormous amount of potential an

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opportunity for for us to to understand

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this data and how it can can be useful

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both for Science and applications so

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um similar to the other panelists I'm

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well thank you so much for your

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questions and thank you to our panelists

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for joining us today I can really feel

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your excitement and I'm very happy for

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you swat is scheduled to launch from

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Vandenberg space force base in central

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California on December 12th for more

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swat.jpl.nasa.gov on that site you can

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find a list of early adopters to find

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out if groups in your area are going to

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be using SWOT data in local projects you

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can also follow at Nasa Earth and at

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NASA JPL on social media and use the

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hashtag tracking World water we're also

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going to be doing a live social media q

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a about SWOT this Thursday November 17th

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at 9 30 a.m Pacific with mission team

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members you can tune in by following our

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JPL YouTube Twitter or Facebook accounts

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thanks so much for joining us today at