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Emergency teams use MODIS data to monitor the locations and sizes of wildfires, observe fire patterns and durations, and track burn scars to help prevent, manage, and predict fires.
Data in Action
Nov. 25, 2015
Discover how MODIS data help track changes in snow water equivalents in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to help forecast drought in California.
Data in Action
Sept. 30, 2015
Learn how satellite altimetry is used to measure the heights of rivers and lakes.
Data in Action
May 11, 2015
Learn how NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellite mission measures groundwater changes from space.
Data in Action
March 26, 2015
MODIS data captured the extensive flooding of the Shire River in Malawi and Mozambique, caused by unusually heavy rains and a tropical cyclone.
Data in Action
Feb. 15, 2015
ASTER data are used to evaluate the affects of Hurricane Ivan, a unique and destructive storm, after making two U.S. landfalls.
Data in Action
Sept. 30, 2014
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