Snowmelt Has Been Coming Earlier in Wyoming

Snow is melting an average of 16 days earlier in the Wild River Range, which may require some adjustments in water management.

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NASA Earth Observatory images and video by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Maria-Jose Viñas.

Published March 28, 2015
Data acquired May 25 - August 5, 2013

Sources:

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Landsat 8 > OLI