Tracking Water for the Navajo Nation

A new web tool designed by NASA applied scientists could help the tribe anticipate and respond to drought.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tracking Water for the Navajo Nation.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin using data from NASA’s Drought Severity Assessment Tool (DSET). Navajo Nation rain gauge locations map courtesy of Amber McCullum. Story by Michael Carlowicz, with reporting from Tovar Cerulli, Amber Jenkins, and Lia Poteet.

Published April 20, 2020
Data acquired September 30, 2019 - April 1, 2020

Sources:: In situ Measurement; Model

Collection:: Science in Action