Monitoring Water With GRACE

Water Works
By Tasha Eichenseher
Jun 13, 2013 6:55 PMNov 3, 2019 5:55 PM
a map of ocean currents
GRACE data was used, among other data, in creating this map of ocean currents from 2005 to 2007. Image courtesy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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In an article in the journal Science this week, University of California-Irvine professor of engineering James Famiglietti and NASA hydrologist Matthew Rodell make the case for improving the GRACE satellite program, which has been critical to understanding global water supplies.

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