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November 5, 2021

OpenET: Transforming How we Track Water

OpenET is a satellite-based tool that supplies critical information on water use in 17 western U.S. states. It will help farmers and water managers better understand water use and water lost through evapotranspiration.

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August 19, 2021

Keeping America's Salad Bowl Full

In seasons when water is scarce, tools powered by NASA data can help farmers decide where to allocate water and nutrients for irrigation and fertilizer.

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July 21, 2021

Call For Abstracts: A Valley of Opportunity

WWAO is hosting a session at the American Meteorological Society's 102nd Annual Meeting in January 2022. We invite you to join our discussion on building water solutions that harness satellite data to address decision-maker needs.

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July 20, 2021

NASA Images Hone in on California’s Severe Drought

California’s reservoirs are rapidly drying up and the water level in Shasta Lake — the largest reservoir in the state — has dipped to about 35% of its capacity. The L.A. Times spoke to WWAO about how the drought looks from space.

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July 19, 2021

Call For Abstracts: Data-Driven Water Management

WWAO is hosting a session at the 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting this December. Part of the conference’s Science to Action track, our session looks at how to improve water management using satellite Earth observations. We invite you to join us.

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July 19, 2021

NASA Training on Coastal/Estuarine Water Quality

NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) is offering a Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Water Quality webinar as part of its effort to train, empower and advance.

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July 15, 2021

Sierra Snowbank Short on Funds

Mountain snow – a bank account for water across the western U.S. – has turned up insufficient funds this year. The Sierra Nevada snowpack melted nearly a month earlier than usual, leaving reservoirs without their usual inflow of freshwater.

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July 15, 2021

Satellites Track Searing Heat Over U.S. Southwest

While one science instrument mapped the dome of high pressure that settled over the southwestern U.S. in early July, another captured ground surface temperatures.

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July 7, 2021

NASA Strengthens Our Resilience to Drought

In the face of severe west-U.S. drought, NASA has launched a new page highlighting its eyes on the drought, which are helping track and monitor the ongoing drought, predict how much water will be available, and improve how we use the water we have.

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July 7, 2021

Surge in Coastal Floods Projected, Starting in 2030s

In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change.