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Record Low Snowpack in Afghanistan

A low snowpack and warm temperatures pose a hazard for crops over the coming months.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using land-surface model (LSM) data courtesy of Amy McNally, Jossy Jacob, and the NASA Land Information System, and temperature anomalies from the Early Warning and Environmental Monitoring (EWEM) program at the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published March 20, 2018
Data acquired January 1, 2017 - March 12, 2018

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
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