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.

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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