News From the Field Researchers Use Satellites to Measure Inland Floods
December 13, 2008
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Satellites that were designed to measure sea level over the world's oceans can serve a valuable purpose over land, a new study has found. Researchers used NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite and the European Space Agency's ENVISAT satellite to measure the height and extent of flooding in North America, South America and Asia.
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