NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western US Snowpack

NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western US Snowpack
Washington DC (SPX) May 06, 2013 - A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water they hold. The data from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory mission will be used to estimate how much water will flow out of the basins when the snow melts. The data-gathering technology c ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Opens_New_Era_in_Measuring_Western_US_Snowpack_999.html

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