Browse GRACE Resources

Browse GRACE Resources

My NASA Data - A Map of Freshwater

GRACE water map
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Weather, Climate, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Keywords: 
freshwater, GRACE, watershed, hydrosphere
Summary: 
This My NASA Data lesson plan takes students through data from the GRACE satellite mission to help them understand where regions around the globe may experience a change in their freshwater availability.

India's Disappearing Water

Screenshot from India's disappearing water
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Freshwater Resources, World Health
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ESS3.C
Keywords: 
hydrology, groundwater, water table, gravitational field, GRACE
Summary: 
During the past decade, groundwater beneath the northern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan has decreased by more than 88 million acre-feet. Using NASA's twin GRACE satellites, scientists determined the rate of groundwater change in India.