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Winds Trigger Pond Growth

A new study shows that winds are responsible for the widespread growth of ponds in three watersheds along the Mississippi River.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data from Ortiz, A. C., Roy, S., & Edmonds, D. A. (2017). Story by Pola Lem.

Published July 6, 2017
Data acquired 1982 - 2016

Sources:
Landsat 4
Landsat 5
Landsat 7
Landsat 8
Landsat 8 > OLI