Mapping Earth's soil moisture
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:42
in Astronomy & Space
Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to collect global soil moisture measurements to improve weather, flood and drought forecasts and predictions of agricultural productivity and climate change.
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