Science Publications

2024

Leveraging next-generation satellite remote sensing-based snow data to improve seasonal water supply predictions in a practical machine learning-driven river forecast system

S.W. Fleming, K. Rittger, C. M Oaida Taglialatela, and I. Graczyk

Water Resources Research

The Tree-Crop Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration Experiment (T-REX): A Science-Based Path for Sustainable Water Management and Climate Resilience

N. Bambach, et al.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Assessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to support water resource and land management applications for Sustainable Water Management and Climate Resilience

J. Volk, J. Huntington, F. Melton, et al.

Nature Water

2023

Identifying Double-cropped Fields with Remote Sensing in Areas with High Crop Diversity

H. Noorazar, M. Brady, S. Savalkar, M. Liu, P. Beale, et al.

Preprints.org

Field evaluations of the CropManage decision support tool for improving irrigation and nutrient use of cool season vegetables in California

M. Cahn, R. Smith, and F. Melton

Agricultural Water Management

2022

Advances in Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction Relevant to Water Management in the Western United States

A. Sengupta, B. Singh, M. J. DeFlorio, C. Raymond, A. W. Robertson, et al.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Evapotranspiration Based Irrigation Trials Examine Water Requirement, Nitrogen Use, and Yield of Romaine Lettuce in the Salinas Valley

M. Cahn, L. Johnson, and S. Benzen

Horticulturae

Effects of meteorological and land surface modeling uncertainty on errors in winegrape ET calculated with SIMS

C. Doherty, L. Johnson, J. Volk, M. Mauter, N. Bambach, et al.

Irrigation Science

2021

OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States

F. Melton, J. Huntington, R. Grimm, et al.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

WSU researchers to study double-cropping trends in western U.S.

Yahoo News

NASA funds satellite image project measuring double cropping

Washington State University Insider

Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization

L. Pereira, P. Paredes, F. Melton, L. Johnson, M. Mota, et al.

Agricultural Water Management

A High-Resolution Land Data Assimilation System Optimized for the Western United States

J. Erlingis, M. Rodell, C.D. Peters-Lidard, B. Li, S.V. Kumar, et al.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Satellite-Based Drought Reporting on the Navajo Nation

A.J.K. McCullum, C. McClellan, B. Daudert, J. Huntington, R. Green, et al.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Groundwater Recharge Estimated by Land Surface Models: An Evaluation in the Conterminous United States

B. Li, M. Rodell, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Erlingis, S. Kumar, et al.

Journal of Hydrometerology

Assessing Disaggregated SMAP Soil Moisture Products in the United States

P. Liu, R. Bindlish, B. Fang, V. Lakshimi, P. O’Neill, et al.

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Evaluation of crop coefficient and evapotranspiration data for sugar beets from landsat surface reflectances using micrometeorological measurements and weighing lysimetry

T. Wang, F. Melton, T. Thao, K. Post, L. Johnson, et al.

Agricultural Water Management

2020

Managing the Navajo Nation’s Water Resources with NASA Data

NASA Applied Sciences

Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height. Background and validation using ground and remote sensing data

L. Pereira, P. Paredes, F. Melton, L., Johnson, T. Wang, et al.

Agricultural Water Management

Evaluation and validation of a high spatial resolution satellite soil moisture product over the Continental United States

B. Fang, V. Lakshmi, R. Bindlish, T. Jackson, and P. Liu

Journal of Hydrology

A California Collaboration Supporting Indigenous Communities

NASA Applied Sciences

Carrying Water for the Community

NASA Western Water Applications Office

Community-based Science and Capacity Building with NASA and the Navajo Nation

StoryCorps Archive

Tracking Water for the Navajo Nation

Earth Observatory