a new satellite. the satellite makes direct measurements of the soil moisture every few days. do you understand how much water's in the land surface that can really help you forecasting and monitoring droughts and floods we're seeing here the red and yellow colors represent precipitation and the orange and blue colors are the changes in swimwear sure on the average blue color spread percent wetter areas and red colors represent drier areas so if you have a direct observation of the amount of moisture in the land surface and you can improve your undersea. think of the amount of moisture in the root zone that's a very very important variable for improving your understanding of crops. even in our salute. you know as the dishes motion the that it to fund your. people living in dust storm areas new technology could help nowadays it's possible