Kyle Knipper¹, William P Kustas², Martha Anderson¹, Maria Mar Alsina³, Christopher Hain⁴, Joseph G Alfieri², John H Prueger⁵, Feng Gao⁶, Andrew J McElrone⁷, Nicolas E Bambach-Ortiz⁸, Lynn McKee² and Luis Sanchez³, (1)USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States, (2)U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States, (3)E&J Gallo, Modesto, United States, (4)National Integrated Drought Information System, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Laboratory for Agriculture and Environment, Ames, IA, United States, (6)USDA-Agricultural Research Service Beltsville, Hydrology and Remote Sensing, Beltsville, MD, United States, (7)USDA ARS, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (8)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States