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USGS | 2014
Until recently, there has been a scarcity of comprehensive, consistent, timely, and geospatially-detailed information about irrigation needed to support studies linking agricultural land use change…
USGS | 2014
Earth observation data from NASA’s MODIS instruments are helping to improve the accuracy and decision-making effectiveness of a widely used tool for water-quality management. SPAtially Referenced…
USGS | 2014
High-resolution hydrographic mapping was completed for a pilot area consisting of three 12-digit hydrological units on Skunk Creek near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A lidar-derived digital elevation…
USGS | 2014
Estimating evapotranspiration (ET) using satellite data provides a way to monitor and optimize water use, which is a critical management objective in water-limited regions and during times of drought…
USGS | 2014
WaterSmart is an interdisciplinary and collaborative project designed to help optimize water use in California’s agricultural areas. USGS is developing automated cropland classification algorithms (…
USGS | 2014
The Arizona Water Use Program relies heavily on recent aerial photography and satellite images to detect and delineate active farm parcels in Arizona. The boundaries of active farm parcels are…
USGS | 2014
USGS ecology and biology researchers met with colleagues from the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to discuss interest by the State of Oregon in acquiring and using…
USGS | 2014
Stream-channel geomorphologic characteristics determine water flow dynamics and are important features to capture when performing physical habitat assessments. The USGS is using airborne lidar to…
USGS | 2014
The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is collecting water, ecological, and sediment data from hundreds of sites across the country in support of Regional Stream Quality Assessments (…
USGS | 2014
The Lower Colorado River High Flow Experiment in Mexico is a collaborative monitoring project with teams of scientists from governments, universities, and non-profits on both sides of the border. The…
USGS | 2014
Water accounting is becoming critical globally, and balancing consumptive water demands with environmental water requirements is especially difficult in arid and semiarid regions. Within the Murray-…
USGS | 2014
To help assess the applications and value of Landsat imagery, social scientists at the USGS Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch of the Fort Collins Science Center in Colorado are leading a…