NASA tracks snowmelt to improve water management
- Posted on April 25, 2025
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NASA tracks snowmelt to improve water management
As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth's most precious resources—water—NASA's C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource. The agency's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) installed on the aircraft collected measurements of seasonal snow cover and estimated the freshwater...