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Simulation-informed deep learning for enhanced SWOT observations of fine-scale ocean dynamics

Eugenio Cutolo (IMT Atlantique, France)

Carlos Granero Belinchon (IMT Atlantique, France); Ptashanna Thiraux (IMT Atlantique, France); Jinbo Wang (Texas AM University, USA); Ronan Fablet (IMT Atlantique, France)

Event: 2025 SWOT Science Team Meeting

Session: Oceanography: Calibration and Validation

Presentation type: Poster

Oceanic processes at fine scales are crucial yet difficult to observe accurately due to limitations in satellite and in-situ measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission provides high-resolution Sea Surface Height (SSH) data, though noise patterns often obscure fine scale structures. Current methods struggle with noisy data or require extensive supervised training, limiting their effectiveness on real-world observations. We introduce SIMPGEN (Simulation-Informed Metric and Prior for Generative Ensemble Networks), an unsupervised adversarial learning framework combining real SWOT observations with simulated reference data. SIMPGEN leverages wavelet-informed neural metrics to distinguish noisy from clean fields, guiding realistic SSH reconstructions. Applied to SWOT data, SIMPGEN effectively removes noise, preserving fine-scale features better than existing neural methods. This robust, unsupervised approach not only improves SWOT SSH data interpretation but also demonstrates strong potential for broader oceanographic applications, including data assimilation and super-resolution.

Corresponding author:

Eugenio Cutolo

IMT Atlantique

France

eugenio.cutolo@imt-atlantique.fr

Poster show times:

Room Start Date End Date
Poster session part 2 Wed, Oct 15 2025,17:30 Wed, Oct 15 2025,18:30
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