As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources—water—NASA’s C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource. The agency’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) installed on the aircraft collected measurements of seasonal snow cover and estimated the freshwater contained in it.
NASA tracks snowmelt to improve water management
