USGS: Landsat at work: Conserving water and growing high quality grapes USGS Agriculture May 22, 2025By the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Using Landsat’s thermal imagery, researchers at Gallo Winery have been...
USGS: Landsat at work: Satellites help with complex crop and water issues USGS AgriculturePlanning and management May 7, 2025California faces challenges in trying to produce so much of our food By the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: OpenET’s new CEO, Sara Larsen, discusses the future of the revolutionary water-monitoring initiative Desert Research Institute Planning and management April 9, 2025By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute OpenET, a nonprofit initiative focused on improving water management with accessible, satellite-based evapotranspiration (ET)...
NASA: FARMing with data: OpenET launches new tool for farmers and ranchers NASA/JPL Agriculture March 5, 2025By Milan Loiacono, Science Communication Specialist A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it...
NASA/JPL: OpenET: Balancing water supply and demand in the West NASA/JPL AgriculturePlanning and management October 15, 2024By Jane Berg and Rachel Sender, co-published with the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute At the end of 2022, 65...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Groundwater Use Can Be Accurately Monitored With Satellites Using OpenET, New Study Finds Desert Research Institute Groundwater News September 6, 2024DRI scientists compare data from groundwater pumping meters with OpenET estimates in irrigated land to advance understanding of groundwater use....
NASA data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the west NASA/JPL ScienceWildfires and watersheds July 11, 2024By: Emily DeMarco, NASA Earth Science Division A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery...
NASA: Meat of the matter: Colorado River over-consumed NASA/JPL Colorado River April 30, 2024By Laura E.P. Rocchio The Colorado River has an accounting problem. More water is taken from the river than it...
UCSB CURRENT: Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use UC Santa Barbara AgricultureScience March 25, 2024By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara While Hollywood and Silicon Valley love the limelight, California is an agricultural powerhouse, too....
AG ALERT: Better data key to informed water policy decisions Ag Alert Planning and management March 6, 2024By Christine Souza, from Ag Alert To adapt to climate extremes and become more water resilient in California, modernizing the...
OPEN ET: Tracking the invisible movement of water NASA/JPL Agriculture February 2, 2024From NASA’s Earth Observatory As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water...
AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon Ag Alert Agriculture October 18, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott...
AG ALERT: Farmers join study on curbing water use Ag Alert Agriculture October 4, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert After several multiyear droughts, those connected to water in California are looking at strategies to...
DELTA WATERMASTER: Delta Alternative Compliance Plan, Delta Drought Response Pilot Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management July 5, 2023At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Jay Ziegler updated the Council on the implementation of...
AG ALERT: Researchers turn to drones, satellites to track water use Ag Alert Agriculture October 5, 2022Like many other researchers, environmental engineering professors Erin Hestir and Joshua Viers of the University of California, Merced, are trying...
