Satellite Used To Unearth Innovation In Crop Forecasting

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 17:21 in Earth & Climate

NASA researchers are using satellite data to deliver a kind of space-based humanitarian assistance. They are cultivating the most accurate estimates of soil moisture -- the main determinant of crop yield changes -- and improving global forecasts of how well food will grow at a time when the world is confronting shortages.

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