Guiding Farmers with NASA Satellites
Agriculture in Pakistan is dependent on irrigation from the Indus River, but over the years, these freshwater resources have become scarce. Today, it is one of the world’s most depleted basins. To tackle this, farmers are attempting to predict and track freshwater resources with the help of NASA satellites and cell phones.
Complete transcript available.
Music credits: “Billy” by Rob Jager [BUMA]; “Perfect Space” by Anthony Edwin Phillips [PRS], Samuel Karl Bohn [PRS]; “Games Show Spheres 07” by Anselm Kreuzer [GEMA]; “Hope Will Save Us” by Christopher John Hutchings [PRS]
Additional imagery credit: University of Washington
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Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Additional imagery credit: University of Washington
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Data visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Faisal Hossain (University of Washington)
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Producer
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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