SWOT-UK: The UK contribution to validating SWOT in the Bristol Channel and River Severn, with application to coastal and river management.

地表水和海洋地形图(地表水和海洋地形)任务将首次从空间提供全球海洋和内陆水域表面水位的二维高分辨率地图。如果SWOT达到其绩效目标，它将代表着我们在全球观察、研究和了解地球海洋和陆地表面水系统的性质和演变的能力方面的一个重要里程碑。英国航天局与美国NASA、法国CNES和加拿大航天局共同投资SWOT，以实现这一任务的实施和发射。SWOT-UK项目提出了一个以布里斯托尔海峡和塞文河地区为中心的活动和多学科研究的综合方案，作为英国对国际SWOT科学团队验证工作的贡献。根据NERC/UKSA SWOT CalVal Call的要求，SWOT-UK采取开放和包容的方式，特别强调传播增值的SWOT验证数据集，并与更广泛的英国科学界和利益攸关方接触，以提高对SWOT能力的认识。

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will provide for the first time from space two-dimensional high-resolution maps of surface water levels globally over ocean and inland waters. If SWOT meets its performance targets, it will represent a major milestone in our abiity to observe, study and understand the nature and evolution of the Earth's marine and land surface water systems, globally. The UK Space Agency invested in SWOT jointly with the US NASA, French CNES and Canadian Space Agency to enable the implementation and launch of this mission. The SWOT-UK project proposes a comprehensive programme of campaigns and multidisciplinary research centred on the Bristol Channel and River Severn region as the UK contribution to the international SWOT Science Team validation efforts. In accordance with the requirements of the NERC/UKSA SWOT CalVal call, SWOT-UK takes an open and inclusive approach, putting special emphasis on disseminating value-added SWOT validation datasets and engaging with the wider UK science and stakeholder communities to raise awareness of the SWOT capabilities.