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Retrieval of Supraglacial Lake Water Surface Elevation and Depth Over the Greenland Ice Sheet Using SWOT Observations

An IEEE journal article reports using SWOT satellite observations to retrieve supraglacial lake water-surface elevation and depth across the Greenland Ice Sheet. The item was published on 2026-01-01 with publisher metadata in the excerpt.

Categories: science-and-space, environment-and-climate

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Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
2/10
Geographic reach
4/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
7/10
Urgency
1/10

Why it matters

The paper presents a satellite-based approach for measuring supraglacial lake geometry on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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