SWOT Sessions at the AGU 2026 Fall Meeting

[Angelica Rodriguez]

Dear Colleagues,

We want to make you aware of two SWOT-focused sessions at the AGU 2026 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, December 7-11. The abstract submission portal is now open and will close 5 August 2026. We welcome any and all SWOT-related abstracts to whichever session you feel is most appropriate. Please feel free to reach out to the session chairs with any questions.

Best,

Angelica Rodriguez and Tamlin Pavelsky

OS005 - Advances in oceanography, marine geophysics, and cryosphere science from the SWOT satellite mission 

Chairs: Lee-Lueng Fu, Yao Yu, Angelica R Rodriguez and Allison Ho

Launched in December 2022 the SWOT mission has produced observations of the elevation of sea surface and sea ice with spatial resolution close to 1 km, providing the first two-dimensional data of ocean topography and sea ice elevations. The interferometry radar system of SWOT has also made high-resolution observations of the significant wave height and wind speed. This session invites presentations of research based on SWOT and other related observations of the ocean, including but not limited to the following: submesoscale eddies, fronts; internal waves and tides; coastal processes; air-sea interactions, involving ocean currents, wind, and waves; ocean bathymetry and associated marine geophysical processes; sea-ice and other cryosphere processes. We also anticipate presentations in novel analysis techniques and integrative approaches that combine SWOT with other datasets.

H132 - The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission: New Frontiers in Hydrology

Chairs: Tamlin Pavelsky, Hind Oubanas, Peyman Saemian, Hana Thurman

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.