Soggy 2018 for the Eastern U.S.

See where shallow groundwater has responded to the unusually wet conditions this year.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GRACE data from The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and rainfall data from The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published December 20, 2018
Data acquired December 17, 2018

Sources:

GRACE

In situ Measurement

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