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Satellite Imagery Sheds Light on Agricultural Water Use
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Keeping track of how water gets used across millions of acres of crop land is no simple task. Researchers created a program called EEFlux to make it easier. It works with Earth Engine from Mountain View, California-based Google to quickly map evaporation and transpiration, based on infrared images captured by Landsat's Earth-observing satellites, and is already used by the California Department of Water Resources, the California Water Control Board, and the World Bank.