Open ET Archives

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...

USGS: Landsat at work: Conserving water and growing high quality grapes

USGS

Agriculture

May 22, 2025

By 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

Agriculture Planning and management

May 7, 2025

California 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, 2025

By 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, 2025

By 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

Agriculture Planning and management

October 15, 2024

By 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, 2024

DRI 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

Science Wildfires and watersheds

July 11, 2024

By: 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, 2024

By 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

Agriculture Science

March 25, 2024

By 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

From 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, 2023

By 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, 2023

By 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 Features Planning and management

July 5, 2023

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Jay Ziegler updated the Council on the implementation of...