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Detailed explanation-1: -NASA and CNES have built upon a decades-long relationship that started in the 1980s to monitor Earth’s oceans.

Detailed explanation-2: -NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales launched a satellite into space this month as part of a $1.2 billion mission that will measure the height of water in oceans, lakes and rivers across more than 90 percent of the globe’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nearly 20 years in development, the SWOT incorporates advanced microwave radar technology that scientists say will collect height-surface measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs and rivers in high-definition detail over 90% of the globe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rocket’s payload, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, or SWOT, incorporates advanced microwave radar technology to collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs and rivers over 90% of the globe.