Water Resources Reports

Individual Project's Progress Reports

• Drought Seasonal Prediction: Cai et al. Sept 15, 2008 (13 page pdf)
  "Developing Seasonal Predictive Capability for Drought Mitigation Decision Support System"


• RiverWare sub-project: Boyle & Huntington Oct 4, 2008 (14 page pdf 1.7 MB)
  "Improving Water Supply Forecasts in the Western U.S. Using NASA Earth Science Results"


• WesternUS: Lettenmaier Dec 19, 2008 (5 page pdf)
  "Improving water resources management in the Western US through use of remote sensing data and seasonal climate forecasts"


• HSTEvapo: Martin (formerly Aggett) Feb. 2009 (28 page pdf 7 MB)
  "Enhancing Water Management Decision Support Systems with High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Mapping of Actual Evapotranspiration"


• WesternUS: Lettenmaier Feb 19, 2009 (5 page pdf)
  "Improving water resources management in the Western US through use of remote sensing data and seasonal climate forecasts"


• DroughtMon: Nghiem and Verdin et al. April 2009 (doc file 62 KB)
  "National Drought Monitoring System for Drought Early Warning Using Hydrologic and Ecologic Observations from NASA Satellite Data"


• WesternUS: Lettenmaier April 19, 2009 (5 page pdf)


• DroughtIndex: Koster April 20, 2009 (doc file 37 KB)
  "Development of a Robust Drought Index for Agricultural Applications"


• RemotelySensedIrrig: Ozdogan and Reynolds April 22, 2009 (pdf 434 KB)
  "Introducing Remotely Sensed Irrigation Information into the USDA FAS Decision Support System"


• GRACEwater: Rodell et al. May 2009 (pdf 82 KB)
  "Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors"


• NASAsnow: Shukla (formerly Houser) et al. spring 2009 (doc 71 KB)
  "Benchmarking NASA Snow Research Results in NWS Hydrological Decision Support"


• Drought Seasonal Prediction: Cai et al. May 2009 (35 page pdf)
  "Developing Seasonal Predictive Capability for Drought Mitigation Decisions Support System"

Benchmark and Final Reports

• RiverWare: Arsenault et al.
  4/3/2009: "Applying NASA Satellite and Modeling Products to USBR Water Supply Forecasts in the Yakima River Basin"
• Cosgrove, B., and Alonge, C.,
  9/2005: "Initialization of the NCEP Eta/NAM Model DST with Uncoupled NLDASE Land Surface States" (re Flash Flood Prediction)
• Toll, D.,
  10/7/2008: "Benchmark Report for the EPA BASINS Decision Support Tool"
  The BASINS Decision Support Tool has been developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to simulate watershed pollution and to identify sources of nonpoint pollution
• Boyle, D.P., and Huntington, J.
  10/4/2008: "Improving Water Supply Forecasts in the Western U.S. Using NASA Earth Science Results"
  (Summary of Research and Final Report NASA Grant # NNG 05GB1)

Wiring Diagrams

Listed by Principal Investigator

• Graeme Aggett ( HST Evapotranspiration )
• Kristi Arsenault (AWARDS, RiverWare,    RiverWare & ET )
• Brian Cosgrove ( Eta Model )
• Brian Cosgrove (Flash Flood)
• Mike Doherty, George Sehlke, Tony Ingersoll (Solutions Network: N Olympic Peninsula )
• John Eylander, Christa Peters-Lidard ( AFWA )
• Jan Hendrickx ( Regional Evapotranspiration )
• Paul Houser (Solutions Network: WaterNet Diagram1 & Diagram2 )
• Dennis Lettenmaier ( Western US )
• Son Ngheim & Jim Verdin ( Drought Monitoring )
• Pedro Restrepo, Ashutosh Limaye, Christa Peters-Lidard ( River Forecast )
• David Toll ( BASINS )

Integrated System Solution (ISS) Charts

Listed by Principal Investigator

• Graeme Aggett ( HST Evapotranspiration )
• Kristi Arsenault ( AWARDS, RiverWare )
• Ximing Cai ( Drought Seasonal Predication )
• Brian Cosgrove ( Flash Flood )
• Mike Doherty, George Sehlke, Tony Ingersoll (Solutions Network: N Olympic Peninsula)
• John Eylander, Christa Peters-Lidard (AFWA)
• Jan Hendrickx ( Regional Evapotranspiration )
• Paul Houser (Solutions Network: WaterNet )
• Dennis Lettenmaier ( Western US )
• Son Ngheim & Jim Verdin ( Drought Monitoring )
• Pedro Restrepo, Ashutosh Limaye, Christa Peters-Lidard ( River Forecast )
• David Toll ( BASINS )

Evaluation Reports

• AWARDS
  "Evaluation Report for AWARDS ET Toolbox and RiverWare Decision Support Tools"
• BASINS final version May 1, 2006
  "Evaluation Report for the EPA BASINS Decision Support Tool"
• NOAA River Forecast version date Aug 24, 2007
  "Evaluation Report for the EPA BASINS Decision Support Tool"

Verification & Validation

• AWARDS: Toll et al. version date July 27, 2007 (42 page pdf 4.3 MB)
  "NASA Products for Improving the US Bureau of Reclamation AWARDS ET Toolbox in the Middle Rio Grande"
• RiverWare: Arsenault et al. version date Sept 17, 2007 (85 page pdf 2.7 MB)
  "Using NASA Land Information System and MODIS Datasets to Improve USBR's RiverWare Decision Support Tool"
• BASINS: Toll et al. version date June 30, 2007 (42 page pdf 2.9 MB)
  "EPA BASINS Decision Support Tool Using NASA Products"

Annual Reports

• FY 2006 (submitted) (1.75 MB doc file)
• FY 2005 (76 KB doc file)

Progress Reports

• Progress Report, Oct. 2007
• Progress Report, July 2007
• Quarterly Report, Jan. - Mar. 2007
• Quarterly Report, Sept. - Dec. 2006
• Quarterly Report, June - Aug. 2006
• Progress Report, May 2006
• Progress Report March 2006

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