PA44B:
Using Earth Observations for Resource Management in the Western United States: The Nexus of Water and Food Security


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Session ID#: 52567

Session Description:
From groundwater to snow pack to soil conditions, satellites routinely measure an increasing array of variables important for agricultural production in the western United States. These observations and their derived products can potentially improve decision-making around water resource management impacting food security. In addition to water supply, satellite observations are starting to be used to monitor water quality. This session seeks presentations that demonstrate how Earth observations are being applied to advance our ability to manage and respond to water resource challenges related to farming (i.e. crops, livestock, aquaculture/seafood) that are unique to the western U.S. Submissions could include the use of Earth observations for responding to drought in the near term and planning and adapting for longer term water availability challenges relative to agricultural applications. We also welcome discussion of the practical challenges faced by applied science projects and the evaluation of Earth observations utilized within a decision framework.
Primary Convener:  Stephanie Schollaert Uz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Christine M Lee, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, Andrew N French, USDA/ARS, U.S. ALARC, Maricopa, AZ, United States and Ursula K Rick, Western Water Assessment, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Salt Lake City, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stephanie Schollaert Uz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Stephanie Schollaert Uz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Andrew N French, USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ursula K Rick, Western Water Assessment, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Salt Lake City, United States
Index Terms:

1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Fish versus tomatoes and other tales of using remote sensing to meet California’s co-equal goals of providing water supplies and protecting ecosystems. (Invited) (369149)
Erin Lee Hestir, University of California Merced, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, Christiana Ade, University of California Merced, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, Christine M Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Shruti Khanna, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Stockton, CA, United States, Maria J. Santos, University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Zurich, Switzerland, Jonathan A Greenberg, University of Nevada Reno, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, United States, Ángeles Casas Planes, Climate Corporation San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States and Susan Ustin, Univ California Davis, Davis, United States
Monitoring Vineyard Water Use and Vine Stress using Thermal-Based Satellite Remote Sensing for Improved and Sustainable Water Management (378302)
Kyle Knipper1, William P Kustas2, Martha Anderson3, Joseph G Alfieri4, John H Prueger5, Christopher Hain6, Feng Gao7, Yun Yang8, Lynn McKee9, Lawrence Hipps10, Maria Mar Alsina11, Luis Sanchez11 and Nick Dokoozlian12, (1)U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research Unit, Davis, United States, (2)USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States, (3)USDA ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States, (4)USDA Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States, (5)U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Laboratory for Agriculture and Environment, Ames, United States, (6)NASA Marshall Space Flight Cetner, Huntsville, United States, (7)USDA, ARS, Beltsville, United States, (8)University of Maryland College Park, ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States, (9)U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States, (10)Utah State University, Plants, Soils and Climate Department, Logan, United States, (11)E&J Gallo, Viticulture Research, Modesto, United States, (12)E&J Gallo, Winegrowing Research, Modesto, United States
Impact of canopy feature and water stress on evapotranspiration over salt-affected pistachio orchards (448188)
Yufang Jin, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, United States, Ruyan He, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States; China University of Mining Technology, College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, Beijing, China and Zaccaria Daniele, University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, United States
Scaling Remotely Sensed ET Measurements in the Lower Colorado River Region in the Development of User-Friendly Water Management Tools (379673)
Charles Anthony Sanchez, University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States and Andrew N French, USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, United States
High-Spatial Resolution Soil Moisture from Integration of Spaceborne Observations for Agricultural Applications in the Western United States (356162)
Rajat Bindlish, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Pang-Wei Liu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Bin Fang, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States, Venkat Lakshmi, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, United States, Peggy E O'Neill, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Zhengwei Yang, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Research and Development Division, Washington, United States
A Stakeholder-Driven Land Data Assimilation System for Water Resources Applications in the Western United States (418308)
Jessica Marie Erlingis1, Matthew Rodell2, Christa D Peters-Lidard3, Bailing Li1, Sujay V Kumar4, David M Mocko5, James S Famiglietti6, Pang-Wei Liu7 and Stephanie L Granger8, (1)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (2)NASA GSFC HSL, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)SAIC, Greenbelt, United States, (6)University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability, Saskatoon, Canada, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (8)NASA Western Water Applications Office, Pasadena, CA, United States

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