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2026

  • Coadou-Chaventon, S., Carli, E., Siegelman, L., Swart, S., Schubert, R., & Speich, S. (2026). Oceanic spatio-temporal patterns of vertical velocities in the cape basin and Agulhas Current Retroflection from two years of SWOT altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120831. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120831
  • Demol, M., Ponte, A. L., Garreau, P., Bellacicco, M., Berta, M., Centurioni, L. R., et al. (2026). Large drifter experiment in the Western Mediterranean Sea reveals dynamical versus noise contributions in SWOT-KaRIn sea level. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL121425. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121425
  • Duranson, M., Berline, L., Guilloux, L., Della Penna, A., Ohman, M.D., Gastauer, S., Cotte, C., Bănaru, D., Garcia, T., Berta, M. and Doglioli, A., 2026. The North Balearic Front as an ecological boundary: zooplankton fine-scale distribution patterns in late spring. Biogeosciences23(1), pp.363-385. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-363-2026
  • Feng, W., An, D., Hwang, C., Sun, M., Chen, X., Zhang, Z., … & Zhong, M. (2026). SYSU_Topo: a 1-arc-minute global bathymetry from SWOT-derived gravity using the gravity-geological method. Scientific Data. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-06641-5
  • Goret, C., Koch-Larrouy, A., Kouogang, F., de Macedo, C.R., M’Hamdi, A., Magalhães, J.M., da Silva, J.C.B., Tchilibou, M., Artana, C., Dadou, I. and Delepoulle, A., 2026. Internal solitary waves refraction and diffraction from interaction with eddies off the Amazon Shelf from SWOT. Ocean Science22(1), pp.679-698. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-679-2026
  • Joël, A., Doglioli, A. M., Bosse, A., Bouruet-Aubertot, P., Buniak, L., Capet, X., et al. (2026). Ocean circulation modulating the nutrient distribution and fluxes at regional and fine scales: A case study in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120726. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120726
  • Kerry, C., Keating, S.R., Roughan, M., Azaneu, M. and Brassington, G.B., 2026. Wide‐swath satellite altimetry data improves modeled mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics in a western boundary current. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(2), p.e2025GL117574. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117574
  • Oms, L., Doglioli, A., Messié, M. et al. Fine-scale observations reveal distinct frontal phytoplankton communities. Commun Earth Environ 7, 468 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03350-0
  • Poli, P., Ardhuin, F., Takano, T. et al. Swell-driven bursts of 26 s and 16 s seismic spectral peaks in the Gulf of Guinea. Nat Commun 17, 4234 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71541-6
  • Rebouillat, E., Oruba, L., Hopuare, M., Planes, S. and Dormy, E., 2026. SWOT sheds light on seiche oscillations within atoll islands. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(4), p.e2025GL119801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119801
  • Rolland, R., Bouruet-Aubertot, P., Cuypers, Y., Bosse, A., Petrenko, A., Maytie, T., et al. (2026). Near-inertial wave trapping inside a fine-scale anticyclonic eddy during the BioSWOT-Med 2023 cruise: Turbulence and energy flux. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC022984. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022984
  • Tchonang, B.C., Wang, J., Waterhouse, A.F., Lucas, A.J., Griffin, C., Archer, M.R., Kachelein, L., Send, U., Lankhorst, M., Sevadjian, J. and Fu, L.L., 2026. SWOT geostrophic velocity validation against in situ measurements in the California current. Earth and Space Science, 13(2), p.e2025EA004424. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EA004424
  • Zaron, E.D., Waterhouse, A.F., Wang, J., Send, U. and Lucas, A.J., 2026. Observations of baroclinic tides in the California Current from the SWOT satellite altimeter and in situ data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131(2), p.e2025JC023119.https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC023119

2025

  • Archer M., Wang J., Klein P., Dibarboure G., Fu L-L. (2025). Wide-swath satellite altimetry unveils global submesoscale ocean dynamics. Nature 640, 691–696.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08722-8
  • Bohé, A., Chen, A., Chen, C., Dubois, P., Fore, A., Molero, B., Peral, E., Raynal, M., Stiles, B., Ardhuin, F. and Hay, A., 2025. Measuring Significant Wave Height fields in two dimensions at kilometric scales with SWOT. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 10.1109/TGRS.2025.3551605
  • Carli E. (2025). A fine satellite view of ocean dynamics. Nature 640, 609-610 (2025). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00820-x
  • Carli E., Tranchant, Y.-T.,  Siegelman, L.,  Le Guillou, F.,  Morrow, R.,  Ballarotta, M., &  Vergara, O. (2025). Southern ocean 3D eddy diagnostics derived from SWOT. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,  130, e2024JC022307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC022307
  • Coadou‐Chaventon, S., Swart, S.,  Novelli, G., &  Speich, S. (2025).  Resolving sharper fronts of the Agulhas Current Retroflection using SWOT altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters,  52, e2025GL115203. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115203
  • Cutolo E., J. Wang, R. Fablet and C. Granero – Simulation Informed Generative AI Ocean Analysis: Application to SWOT KaRIN Noise submitted to GRL preprint link
  • Fortunato, L., Gómez-Navarro, L., Combes, V., Cotroneo, Y., Aulicino, G., & Pascual, A. (2025). Coastal Eddy Detection in the Balearic Sea: SWOT Capabilities. Remote Sensing17(15), 2552. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17152552
  • Fouchet, E., Benkiran, M., Le Traon, P. Y. & Remy, E. Comparison of a global high-resolution ocean data assimilation system with SWOT observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 12, (2025). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1563934.
  • Garcia, T., Oms, L., Milhaud, X., Doglioli, A., Messié, M., Vandekerkhove, P., Lacour, C., Grégori, G., Pommeret, D. (2025). A statistical approach to unveil phytoplankton adaptation to ocean fronts. https://hal.science/hal-05012274v1
  • Hay, A., Watson, C., Legresy, B., King, M., Zhou, B., Beardsley, J., & Bohe, A. (2025). In-situ geometric validation of SWOT satellite observations in Bass Strait, Australia. Earth and Space Science.https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EA004326
  • Ho, A., Wang, J., Haines, B., Wu, A. and Stalin, S., 2025. In situ validation of small‐scale spatial variability in significant wave height observations from SWOT. Earth and Space Science, 12(12), p.e2025EA004286. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EA004286
  • Jacobs, G., D’Addezio, J., & Bartels, B. (2025). SWOT cross-track error characteristics estimated from observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021535
  • Kachelein L., Wang, J., Lucas, A. J., Delpech, A., Farrar, J. T., Archer, M., … & Schofield, O. (2025). Sub‐100 km ocean processes revealed by structure functions of SWOT sea surface height and in situ observing network. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans130(11), e2025JC022639. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022639 
  • Kacimi, S., Jaruwatanadilok, S., & Kwok, R. (2025). SWOT observations over sea ice: A first look. Geophysical Research Letters, 52. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116079
  • Li, Z., Guo, J., Hwang, C., Yu, D., Zhang, H., Sun, H., & Liu, X. (2025). Tailored method for optimizing deflection of the vertical model using multi-directional geoid gradients from SWOT/KaRIn observations. Geophysical Journal International, ggaf484. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf484
  • Passaro M. (2025). Can satellite altimetry observe coastally trapped waves on sub-monthly timescales? Ocean Science 21.5 (2025): 2663-2679. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2663-2025
  • Tranchant, Y.T., Tranchant, Y.-T., Legresy, B., Foppert, A., Pena-Molino, B., & Phillips, H. (2025). SWOT reveals fine-scale balanced motions driving near-surface currents and dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Earth and Space Science, 12, e2025EA004248. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EA004248
  • Vega-Gimenez, D., Amores, A.,  Paris, A., &  Pascual, A. (2025).  Expanding the coastal observation frontier: SWOT reveals the spatial footprint of storm surges. Geophysical Research Letters,  52, e2025GL117299. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117299
  • Verger-Miralles, E., Mourre, B., Gómez‐Navarro, L., Barceló‐Llull, B., Casas, B., Cutolo, E., Díaz‐Barroso, L., d’Ovidio, F., Tarry, D.R., Zarokanellos, N.D. and Pascual, A., 2025. SWOT enhances small‐scale eddy detection in the Mediterranean Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(16), p.e2025GL116480. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116480
  • Yu, D and C Hwang. Optimizing SWOT fast-sampling data for marine gravity recovery: lessons for the 21-day science phase. Remote Sensing of Environment, 328, 114903, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114903
  • Zhang, L, C Hwang, HY Liu, ET Chang, and D Yu. Automated Eddy Identification and Tracking in the Northwest Pacific Based on Conventional Altimeter and SWOT Data. Remote Sensing,17(10), 1665, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17101665

2024

  • Ardhuin, F., Molero, B., Bohé, A., Nouguier, F., Collard, F., Houghton, I., et al. (2024). Phase-resolved swells across ocean basins in SWOT altimetry data: Revealing centimeter-scale wave heights including coastal reflection. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109658. link
  • Bohé, A., Chen, A., Chen, C., Dubois, P., Fore, A., Molero, B., Peral, E., Raynal, M., Stiles, B., Ardhuin, F., Hay, A., Legresy, B., Lenain, L., Villas Boas, A.B. (2024) Measuring significant wave height fields in two dimensions at kilometric scale with SWOT. IEEE TGRS. link to the paper
  • Carli, E., Siegelman, L., Morrow, R., & Vergara, O. (2024). Surface quasi geostrophic reconstruction of vertical velocities and vertical heat fluxes in the Southern Ocean: Perspectives for SWOT. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans129(9), e2024JC021216. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021216
  • Du, T., & Jing, Z. (2024). Fine-Scale Eddies Detected by SWOT in the Kuroshio Extension. Remote Sensing, 16(18), 3488. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183488
  • Hart‐Davis, M.G., Andersen, O.B., Ray, R.D., Zaron, E.D., Schwatke, C., Arildsen, R.L., Dettmering, D. and Nielsen, K., 2024. Tides in complex coastal regions: Early case studies from wide‐swath SWOT measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(20), https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109983
  • Hwang, C & D Yu. Transforming coastal mapping from space. Science, 386(6727), 1222-1223, 2024. DOI: 10.1126/science.adu0697
  • Yu, Y., Sandwell, D. T., Dibarboure, G., Chen, C., & Wang, J. (2024). Accuracy and resolution of SWOT altimetry: Foundation Seamounts. Earth and Space Science, 11.
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA003581
  • Yu, DC, Z Weng, C Hwang, H Zhu, J Luo, J Yuan, and S Ge. Seamount detection using SWOT-derived vertical gravity gradient: an automatic identifying algorithm, Geophysical Journal International, 237, 1780–1793, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae138
  • Zhang, Z., Miao, M., Qiu, B., Tian, J., Jing, Z., Chen, G., et al. (2024). Submesoscale Eddies Detected by SWOT and Moored Observations in the Northwestern Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(15), e2024GL110000. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110000

2023

2022

  • Yu, DC and C Hwang. Calibrating error variance and scaling global covariance function of geoid gradients for optimal determinations of gravity anomaly and gravity gradient from altimetry, Journal of Geodesy, 96(61), 2022.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01647-4