A Dry Winter Brings Drought to the US

By late February 2018, an estimated 55 percent of the continental U.S. was classified as abnormally dry.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Story by Mike Carlowicz.

Published March 2, 2018
Data acquired February 26 - 27, 2018

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GRACE

In situ Measurement

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