NASA SATELLITES ALLOW USDA TO SEE WORLD'S LAKES RISE AND FALL

A few NASA satellites designed to study heights of Earth's ocean surfaces are now also coming in handy for tracking water levels of inland lakes and reservoirs.
When analysts at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) learned that NASA satellites could be used for measuring lake water heights, they saw a chance to get vital information for managing irrigation and forecasting crop production in out-of-the way places.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news999.html">NASA SATELLITES ALLOW USDA TO SEE WORLD'S LAKES RISE AND FALL</a></p> <p> A few <a class="directory" href="http://www.physorg.com/search/NASA">NASA</a> satellites designed to study heights of Earth's ocean surfaces are now also coming in handy for tracking water levels of inland lakes and reservoirs. <br />When analysts at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) learned that NASA satellites could be used for measuring lake water heights, they saw a chance to get vital information for managing irrigation and forecasting crop production in out-of-the way places.</p>