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Despite Rain, Drought Lingers in the United States

Though a series of winter storms provided some relief, a pair of satellites operated by NASA shows that groundwater supplies remained unusually low in many parts of the country.


Maps by Chris Poulsen, National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, based on data from Matt Rodell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the GRACE science team. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published January 19, 2013
Data acquired January 8 - 14, 2013

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GRACE