Lorri: One of the questions I have is the relationship between soil moisture and precipitation. The GLOBE images show that much of the area I would consider Russi has very little precipitation but soil moisture seems to be high ...

Michelle: I was also looking at North America and Russia and thought about the precipitation vs. soil moisture findings.

I wonder if months of snow makes a difference?

... Does accumulated snow melting consistently during a month or so (raising the soil moisture content so dramatically) play a role in the adaptations of grasses in these areas?