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* photo of Hume Dam in Australia courtesy of Goulburn-Murray Water
Overview
Our home planet has been described by NASA as a "blue marble" , characterized by its strong cycling and replenishing of water. However, with increasing population pressure and water usage, coupled with climate variability and change, water management is one of the most critical environmental problems facing us in the 21st century.
The NASA Applied Sciences Program (ASP) has the primary responsibility to apply data from NASA satellite missions to models in order to help solve problems important to society and the economy. The NASA Water Resources theme in the ASP addresses concerns and decision processes that are related to water availability, water forecast, and water quality. The goal of the Water Resources theme is to apply NASA satellite data to improve the Decision Support Tools (DSTs) of user groups that manage water resources. The Water Resources theme partners with Federal agencies, academia, private firms, and international organizations.
The goal of this website is to provide a summary of the Water Resources activities. The program has organized its project activities into the following functional categories:
- Water Quality
- Water Delivery and Irrigation
- Flow and Flood Forecasting
- Drought
- Snowpack
- Climate and Water Resources
- Feasibility Projects require 12-18 months to explore Earth science applications which may be proposed as 4-year Decision Support projects
- Linked Projects receive a significant part of their funding from other programs
- Completed Projects from previous water management funding cycles
Water Quality Projects
- Improving BASINS/HSPF Predictions of Nitrogen Export to Improve TMDL Accuracy Using NASA Imagery
- Improving Water Quality Management: Use of Earth Observations in SPARROW
- Satellite Earth Image Products Applied to Development of Regulatory Water Quality Standards
Investigators: Philip A. Townsend (PI, U. Wisconsin), Angelica L. Gutierrez-Magness (U. Maryland), Keith N. Eshleman (U. Maryland), Brenden E. McNeil (West Virginia University)
Investigators: Molly Macauley (PI, 1), Anne Nolin (2), Qingyuan Zhang (3), Richard Smith (4), Jhih-Shyang Shih (1)
1- Resources for the Future
2- Dept of Geosciences, Oregon State University
3- Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology (GEST), U. Maryland
4- US Geological Survey
Investigators: John Lehrter (PI, EPA), Bruce Spiering (NASA/Stennis), Slawomir Blonski (SSAI), Kenton Ross (SSAI), Blake Schaeffer (EPA), James Hagey (EPA), William Fisher (EPA), Marc Russell (EPA)
Water Delivery and Irrigation Projects
- NASA Products for Improving Reclamation RiverWare and AWARDS ET Tool Box DSTs for Water Availability and Forecasting
- What is the Value of Integrating Best Estimates of Regional Evapotranspiration into Hydrologic Decision Support Systems?
- Enhancing Water Management Decision Support Systems with High Spatio-temporal Resolution Mapping of Actual Evapotranspiration
- Introducing Remotely Sensed Irrigation Information into the USDA FAS Decision Support System
Investigators: Kristi Arsenault (UMBC/GEST/NASA/GSFC), David Toll (NASA/GSFC), Edwin. T. Engman (NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Bowser (BoR), R. Stodt (BoR/TSC), S. Hunter (BoR), A. Brower, and A. Pinheiro (ORAU/NASA/GSFC)
Investigators: PI, Jan Hendrickx (New Mexico Tech University).
Investigators: PI Timothy Martin, (Riverside Technology, Inc.)
Investigators: Mutlu Ozdogan (PI, U. Wisconsin), Curt Reynolds (USDA FAS), Brad Doorn (USDA FAS)
Flow and Flood Forecasting Projects
- Improving NOAA/NWS River Forecast Center Decision Support with NASA Satellite and Land Information System Products
- Improving Water Resources Management in the Western U.S. through use of Remote Sensing Data and Seasonal Climate Forecasts
- Improving Flash Flood Prediction through a Synthesis of NASA Products, NWP Models, and Flash Flood Decision Support Systems
- Project Nile: Distributed hydrological information for water management in the Nile basin
Investigators: P. Restrepo (PI, NOAA/NWS/OHD), A. Limaye (PI, MSFC GHCC) Christa Peters-Lidard (PI, NASA GSFC), C. Laymon (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), W. Crosson (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), M. Estes (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), Z. Al-Hamden (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), D.L. Rickman (NASA/MSFC), F. Cosgrove (SAIC/NASA/GSFC), M. Garcia (UMC/GEST/NASA/GSFC), V. Koren (NOAA/NWS/OHD), D.J. Seo (UCAR/NOAA/NWS/OHD), M. Smith (NOAA/NWS/OHD), D. Toll (NASA/GSFC), and P. Houser (GMU/IGES/CREW)
Investigators: Dennis Lettenmaier (PI, U. Washington), S. Soorooshian (U. Cal. Irvine), A. Wood (U. Washington), A. Steinmann (U. Washington), B. Imam (U. Cal. Irvine)
Investigators: PI Brian Cosgrove (NOAA/NWS/OHD).
Investigators: B. Zaitchik (PI, 1), S. Habib (2), V. Koren (3), M. Anderson (4), M. Ozdogan (5),
E. Viala (6), B. Attia (7), A. Seid (8), A. Salzberg (9), S. Abdel Dayem (10), F. Policelli (2),
M. Rodell (2), N. Harshadeep (11)
1- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
3- NOAA Office of Hydrologic Development, Silver Spring, MD, USA
4- USDA Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD, USA
5- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
6- USAID Office of Middle East Programs, Cairo, Egypt
7- Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt
8- Water Resource Planning and Management Project, The Nile Basin Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9- Office of Environment and Conservation, US Department of State, Washington DC, USA
10- Arab Water Council, Cairo, Egypt
11- The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Drought Projects
- National Drought Monitoring System for Drought Early Warning Using Hydrologic and Ecologic Observations from NASA Satellite Data
- Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors
- Development of a Robust Drought Index for Agricultural Applications
- Developing Seasonal Predictive Capability for Drought Mitigation Decision Support System
- A Land Data Assimilation System for Famine Early Warning
Investigators: S. V. Nghiem (PI, JPL), J. P. Verdin (Lead Co-I, USGS), D. A. Wilhite (National Drought Mitigation Center or NDMC), R. Dole (NOAA Physical Science Division), D. LeComte (NOAA Climate Prediction Center), G. R. Brakenridge (Dartmouth College), E. G. Njoku (JPL)
Investigators: M. Rodell (PI, NASA/GSFC), J. Lawrimore, J.S. Famiglietti, R. Heim, R. Reichle, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, B.F. Zaitchik, A. Pinheiro
Investigators: R. Koster (PI, NASA/GSFC).....
Investigators: Ximing Cai (PI,1); Jae Ryu (3), Xin-Zhong Liang (2), Praveen Kumar(1), Mark Svoboda (3), Cody Knutson (3),
Meghan Sittler (3), Donald A. Wilhite (3), James Angel (2), and Michael Palecki (2)
1- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
2- Illinois State Water Survey, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
3- National Drought Mitigation Center, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Investigators: James Verdin (co-PI,1); Chris Funk (co-PI,1),
Christa Peters-Lidard (2), Molly Brown (2), Dennis Lettenmaier (3)
1- U.S. Geological Survey / Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
2- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
3- U. Washington
Snowpack Projects
- Benchmarking NASA Snow Research Results in NWS Hydrological Decision Support
Investigators: Jagadish Shukla (PI, 1), P. Houser (2), D. Cline (3), L. Rundquist (4)
1- George Mason University (GMU)
2- GMU, Center for Research on Environment and Water (CREW)
3- NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
4- NOAA's NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center
Climate and Water Resources Projects
- Enhancing California's Water Resource Management and Decision Support System for Impacts of Climate Change
Investigators: Soroosh Sorooshian, (U. California - Irvine)
Feasibility Projects
- Near Real-time Flood Detection and Mapping
- Estuary Variance Map for In Situ Sample Station Placement
- The feasibility of combining NASA satellite data, general circulation models, and hydrologic model to inform decision making for flood mitigation on the Devils Lake basin of North Dakota
- The potential impacts of climate change on the seasonal snowpack, reservoir storage, and dam and hydroelectric operations
- Determining the feasibility of mapping and monitoring the extent of Cladophora in the Laurentian Great Lakes with multi-scale remote sensing
Investigators: Fritz Policelli (NASA/GSFC)
Investigators: Bruce Spiering (NASA/Stennis)
Investigators: Xiaodong Zhang (U. North Dakota)
Investigators: Brandon Moore (Aniuk Consulting LLC)
Investigators: Robert Shuchman (Michigan Tech. U.)
Linked Projects
- Linked NASA-USAID Project Monitoring the Water Cycle in the Arab Region Using NASA Satellite and Data Assimilating Model Technology
- Linked NASA-AFWA Global Soil Moisture and Temperature Project
- Linked NASA-NOAA Application of NARR-Based NLDAS Ensemble Simulations to Continental-Scale Drought Monitoring
- Solutions Network Projects under the ASP Cross-Cutting Program that are Related to Water Management
- 10.1 The NASA Water Cycle Solutions Network
- 10.2 North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Evolving a Solutions Network of Resource Conservatin and Development Councils, Watershed Management Teams, and NASA Research Institutions Across the Nation
Investigators: PIs John D. Bolten (USDA) and Matthew Rodell (NASA-GSFC)
Investigators: PIs John Eylander (AFWA) and Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA-GSFC)
Investigators: Brian A. Cosgrove (PI, NOAA/NWS/OHD) and Charles Alonge (NASA/GSFC/SAIC)
Investigators: PI Paul Houser (GMU/IGES/CREW, WaterNet Inc.)
Investigators: PIs Mike Doherty, George Sehlke, and Tony Ingersoll - North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development
Rapid Prototyping Capability (RPC)
RPC projects are managed under the NASA Applied Sciences Program, cross-cutting program. They are funded for one year to test the use of NASA products through the stage of "Verification & Validation". If successful, the project could then become a Benchmark or an Integrated Systems Solution project.
- High Resolution Soil Moisture Estimation via Assimilation of AMSR-E and SCAN Data
- Geospatial Technologies in Agricultural Applications
- Evaluating Enhancements to BASINS Using NASA Data Products, Simulated Future Data, and Model (LIS) Data Products
Investigators: Valentine Anantharaj (Mississippi State University), Georgy Mostovoy (MSU), Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA/GSFC), and Paul Houser (George Mason University).
Investigators: Charles G. O'Hara, Preeti Mali, Bijay Shrestha (Mississippi State University), Luis Gustavo de Goncalves (Univ. Maryland/ESSIC), and Tom Sinclair (Univ. Florida)
Investigators: Charles G. O'Hara, Vladimir Alarcon, and Roland Viger (Mississippi State University), Edwin Engman (SAIC), Joe Nigro (SSAI) and David Toll (NASA/GSFC)
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Completed Projects
- Initialization of the NCEP Eta/NAM Model DST with Uncoupled NLDASE Land Surface States
Investigators: Brian A. Cosgrove (PI, NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Charles Alonge (PI, NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Paul Houser (CREW), Ken Mitchell (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Michael Ek (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Keith Brill (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Eric Rogers (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Matt Pyle (NOAA/NCEP/EMC).
- Application of NASA Satellite Products and Land Surface Models to Improve the Hydrologic Performance of the EPA's BASINS DST
Investigators: D. Toll (NASA/GSFC), E.T. Engman (SAIC/NASA/GSFC), Ed Partington (EPA/OW), James Carleton (EPA/OW), G. Shenk (EPA/CBP), Angelica Magness (USGS/CBP), J. Nigro (SSAI/NASA/GSFC), W. Ni-Meister (Hunter College), Shih Yan Lee (Hunter College), and Phil Townsend (Univ. Wisc.)
