SWOT Satellite Analyzes Water Depth in Death Valley's Seasonal Lake

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2024

In a surprising development, Death Valley, North America's driest region, has sustained a temporary lake since the end of 2023. Recent studies spearheaded by NASA have leveraged the U.S.-French Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, launched in December 2022, to determine the water depths of this transient lake through early 2024. Researchers reported that during a six-week m