Freshwater Losses In The Middle East
- Visualizations by:
- Trent L. Schindler
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The visualization shows variations in total water storage from normal, in millimeters, in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, from January 2003 through December 2009. Reds represent drier conditions, while blues represent wetter conditions. The effects of the seasons are evident, as is the major drought that hit the region in 2007. The majority of the water lost was due to reductions in groundwater caused by human activities. By periodically measuring gravity regionally, GRACE tells scientists how much water storage changes over time.
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Animator
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA) [Lead]
Scientists
- Jay Famiglietti (University of California, Irvine)
- Katalyn Voss (University of California, Irvine)
- Matthew Rodell (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
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