Western Soils and Plants are Parched

For the second year in a row, drought has overtaken much of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using soil moisture data from Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA) and evaporative stress index data from SERVIR. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published June 11, 2021
Data acquired May 28 - June 5, 2021

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

SMAP

Terra > MODIS

Collections:

Applied Sciences

Food and Agriculture