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Extreme weather monitoring boosted by space sensor

16 July 2007

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The image shows the monthly average soil moisture percentage values, based on data from Envisat's ASAR instrument and relative to the local maximum and minimum observed during 2005 and 2006.

Credits: TU Wien - IPF