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Nov 29, 2019 5 min

Using satellites to measure groundwater usage

from Arizona Science

How scientists use satellites in earth orbit to measure how much water we can use on the ground.

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Each year, Arizonans rely on snowpack from the previous winter to provide water for the Colorado River. But scientists have long been aware that ground-based measurements of snowfall can be prone to error. University of Arizona atmospheric scientist Ali Behrangi and other researchers are using a pair of earth orbiting satellites to test the accuracy of snow and rain gauges on the ground.

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