Changes in Australia's Mass Observed by GRACE in 2010 and 2011
![Changes in Australia's mass observed by GRACE in 2010 and 2011. Areas in greens and blues had the greatest increases in mass, caused by unusually high precipitation connected with a large La Niña event.](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBldz09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a9c327b835c2d272d0662cd806b64120c8d1f81b/30_australia20130819-640.jpg?disposition=inline)
Changes in Australia's mass observed by GRACE in 2010 and 2011. Areas in greens and blues had the greatest increases in mass, caused by unusually high precipitation connected with a large La Niña event. Flooding in Australia was the biggest contributor to an observed drop in global sea levels in these years. Contour lines represent land surface elevations.
Credit
NCAR/NASA/JPL-Caltech