H088
Innovating across Boundaries for Operational Uptake of NASA Earth Observations (EO) by the Western US Water Community
Session ID#: 248634
Session Description:
Building on AGU2025’s Where Science Connects Us theme, this session highlights innovative integration of NASA or other remote sensing into day-to-day water management practices in the water-stressed US West. In-situ monitoring will always have incalculable value but reflects spatial point measurements of heterogeneous processes - critical gaps filled by remote sensing. However, research-community successes are often disconnected from applications-community practices. Presentations will share innovation bringing remote sensing into production-level decision-support systems. Examples include flood, water supply, and drought forecasting; water, hydroelectricity, and drought planning; water markets; groundwater management; surface water-groundwater-cryosphere-atmosphere interactions; water quality, including HAB monitoring/forecasting; aquatic habitat restoration, including dam removal; tech-related water uses like server farms and REE/lithium mines; economic valuation of EO-enabled water-management improvements; and wildfire and other LULC change impacts on floods, water quality, and water supply. Co-developed outcomes leveraging multi-sectoral partnerships across academia, government, and the for-profit and nonprofit private sectors are especially welcomed.
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Index Terms:
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Primary Convener: Sean William Fleming, JPL/NASA/Caltech, NASA Western Water Action Office, Pasadena, United States
Conveners: Sharon E Ray, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Mark Davidson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Perry Oddo, NASA Headquarters, Water Resources Program, Washington, United States; Analytical Mechanics Associates, Hampton, United States
Continuous monitoring through remote sensing finds enhanced watershed functions coincident with reduced wildfire severity within treated areas (1874664)
Joe Shannon1, Katharyn Aurora Duffy2, Ethan Yackulic3, Sophie Gilbert4, Tyler Hoecker4 and Danielle Perrot4, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Vibrant Planet, Applied Science, Truckee, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, United States, (4)Vibrant Planet, Truckee, United States
Differential Impacts of Colorado River Water Shortages on Cropping Patterns and Water Use in Central Arizona (1923229)
Zhaocheng Wang, Arizona State University, Center for Hydrologic Innovations, Tempe, AZ, United States, Shraddha Sharma, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States, Andrew N French, USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, United States, Elzbieta C. Wisniewski, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States, Rasmus Houborg, Planet Labs PBC, San Francisco, United States, Pierre C Guillevic, Planet Labs PBC, Pasadena, United States and Enrique R Vivoni, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States
Integrating NASA observations to provide snowpack and streamflow information tailored for Colorado water managers (1938233)
Eric E Small, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, Mark S Raleigh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Cam Wobus, CK Blueshift, Boulder, CO, United States, Keith Jennings, University of Vermont, Water Resources Institute, Burlington, United States and Josh Sturtevant, Lynker, Boulder, United States
Quantifying the Value of Earth Observations for Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting: A Colorado River Sub-Basin Case Study (1947192)
Nicholas L Silverman, MITRE Corporation, Missoula, United States, David Gorelick, MITRE Corporation Mclean, Mclean, VA, United States and Conor Lewellyn, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, United States
Snowledge is Power: A Practical Guide to Earth Observations in Deep-Learning Streamflow Forecasting (2003027)
Alden Keefe Sampson1, Alex Gontar2, Simon Topp3, Phillip Butcher4, David Lambl5, Mostafa Elkurdy2, Augusto Suarez2 and Laura Read6, (1)Upstream Tech, Syracuse, NY, UNITED STATES, (2)Upstream Tech, Somerville, United States, (3)Upstream Tech, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)Upstream Tech, Portland, United States, (5)Upstream Tech, Alameda, United States, (6)Upstream Tech, Boulder, CO, United States
