Nicolas Picot (CNES, France)

Swot KaRIn instrument is a completely new concept. Some pieces of explanations existed through the CNES space technology training courses, some had been posted on the JPL & Cnes project web pages, but more could be done and made available -- and has been, with a major focus on hydrology, but not forgetting the ocean, and the complementarity with currents techniques, including nadir altimetry. Series of ppt slides have been developed and released during the past 5 years, they have now been updated with real Swot data, and will continue to be.
With those data available, a portfolio of the early images is posted and updated on Aviso web site.

Communication on results, articles and other publications is also done, in order to promote Science Team work, and also to get would-be users familiar with the data, pinpoint their differences with classical and delay-Doppler altimetry alike and give glimpses of what new uses and applications could be developped from those data.
This presentation will also be the occasion to discuss your need in the field