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NASA Expands Groundwater Maps Globally to Help Reveal Remote Droughts

posted by martyb on Wednesday April 08 2020, @04:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the dry-research dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for chromas:

NASA expands groundwater maps globally to help reveal remote droughts:

The global maps are made possible by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow On (GRACE-FO) satellites from NASA and the German Research Center for Geoscience. The data from these satellites, which took over for the original GRACE satellite mission that ended in 2017, is combined with other data and computer models to show simulations of energy and water cycles around the world.

The results of this are three layers of ground moisture data: surface soil moisture, root zone moisture, and shallow groundwater. With these, experts can monitor groundwater conditions around the world, identify areas that are likely to be hit hard by droughts, and more. This is particularly important for countries that do not possess any of their own infrastructure for monitoring groundwater.

NASA Grace website hosted by UNL

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday April 08 2020, @09:07PM (2 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday April 08 2020, @09:07PM (#980384) Journal

    While, it's an interesting concept, I'd think that on the ground measuring would be much simpler and more reliable.

    Then again, "This is particularly important for countries that do not possess any of their own infrastructure for monitoring groundwater." that just shows how poor / ill equipped some places are.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2020, @01:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2020, @01:05AM (#980459)

    Perhaps we could use it to help us decide which countries to, uhh... liberate after the oil runs out?

    • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday April 09 2020, @01:47PM

      by PiMuNu (3823) on Thursday April 09 2020, @01:47PM (#980567)

      Or monitor which areas we have screwed up by global warming?