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Periodic flooding in the Mississippi Valley can affect residents as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Louisiana. In May 2001, the Mississippi River flooded this house south of Red Wing, Minnesota.

The Flood Hunters

A new long-term archive of satellite data will help hydrologists monitor floods, allow aid agencies to pinpoint flood-prone regions, and provide information for modeling Earth's complex hydrologic cycles.

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July 28, 2020

This InSAR image captures the dynamic water-level changes over the Atchafalaya Basin in southeastern Louisiana from May 22 to June 15, 2003.

Sensing the Swamp Beneath the Trees

A technique to study land senses water-level changes in the Mississippi River delta.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

The Yangtze Delta is home to more than eighty million people in an area only a little larger than the state of Indiana.

Repatterning the World

As wildlands shrink, scientists study the ecologies that people have tamed.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

The JERS-1 SAR image above shows the Bajawa Breccia Cone Complex in Eastern Indonesia from February 3, 1996.

Fish in the Trees

Synthetic Aperture Radar aboard the JERS-1 satellite collects data from the world's tropical forests.

Feature Article

July 22, 2020

As viewed from the Navajo Bridge near Lee's Ferry, Arizona, the Colorado River flows through a range of arid landscapes.

Connecting the Drops

Scientists take a census of water.

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July 21, 2020

This MODIS image from July 19, 2006, shows muddy water from the rangeland-dominated Fitzroy River catchment entering the waters near the Great Barrier Reef,

Cattle, Crops, and Coral: Flood Plumes and the Great Barrier Reef

Understanding river runoff will help solidify the link between land use and coral health.

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July 21, 2020

The icon of the First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project

Back from the Field

Researchers at ECMWF developed and tested a new surface model to reflect soil conditions.

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July 21, 2020

The image above shows a GreenKenue (GK) picture of the Mackenzie River watershed reaches from 2016.

A Model Quest

Finding a model that doesn't require recalibration from watershed to watershed.

Feature Article

July 21, 2020

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