SWOT Satellite Helps Gauge the Depth of Death Valley’s Temporary Lake
Water depths in Death Valley’s temporary lake ranged between about 3 feet (or 1 meter, shown in dark blue) to less than 1.5 feet (0.5 meters, light yellow) from February through early March. By measuring water levels from space, SWOT enabled research to calculate the depth.NASA/JPL-Caltech Data from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography [...]