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Estimating the value of satellite-derived measurements of evapotranspiration to inform irrigation scheduling in California almond orchards
Advances in satellite remote sensing have led to the development of improved methods and tools for calculating evapotranspiration (ET), allowing for improved irrigation scheduling. Researchers have been workin...
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Open AccessAssessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to support water resource and land management applications
Remotely sensed evapotranspiration (ET) data offer strong potential to support data-driven approaches for sustainable water management. However, practitioners require robust and rigorous accuracy assessments o...
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LAI estimation across California vineyards using sUAS multi-seasonal multi-spectral, thermal, and elevation information and machine learning
In agriculture, leaf area index (LAI) is an important variable that describes occurring biomass and relates to the distribution of energy fluxes and evapotranspiration components. Current LAI estimation method...
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The complementary uses of Sentinel-1A SAR and ECOSTRESS datasets to identify vineyard growth and conditions: a case study in Sonoma County, California
The launch of NASA’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1A/B synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites provides the opportu...
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Open AccessEvaluation of satellite Leaf Area Index in California vineyards for improving water use estimation
Remote sensing estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) directly quantifies plant water consumption and provides essential information for irrigation scheduling, which is a pressing need for California vineyards ...
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Influence of modeling domain and meteorological forcing data on daily evapotranspiration estimates from a Shuttleworth–Wallace model using Sentinel-2 surface reflectance data
Sustainable use of available water resources in viticulture can be aided by frequent high-resolution information on vineyard water status. Recently, a new Shuttleworth–Wallace evapotranspiration (ET) model, wh...
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Application of the vineyard data assimilation (VIDA) system to vineyard root-zone soil moisture monitoring in the California Central Valley
Efforts to apply gridded root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) products for irrigation decision-support in vineyards are currently hampered by the difficulty of obtaining RZSM products that meet required accuracy, re...
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Open AccessEarth Observation for agricultural drought monitoring in the Pannonian Basin (southeastern Europe): current state and future directions
The Pannonian Basin in southeastern Europe is heavily used for rain-fed agriculture. The region experienced several droughts in the last years, causing major yield losses. Ongoing climate change, characterised...
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Neonatal Organ and Tissue Donation for Research: Options Following Death by Natural Causes
The donation of organs and tissues from neonates (birth to 28 days) for transplantation has been a relatively infrequent occurrence. Less common has been the use of neonatal organs and tissues for research. Sp...
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Open AccessThe role of local heating in the 2015 Indian Heat Wave
India faced a major heat wave during the summer of 2015. Temperature anomalies peaked in the dry period before the onset of the summer monsoon, suggesting that local land-atmosphere feedbacks involving desicca...
