Water Management
Roadmap
Unfunded Funded
Water Management
DecisionSupport Tool
EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH
DECISION-SUPPORT INPUTS
State 2 AWARDs (c. c 2014) Three Forecasts of precipitation e and daily crop water use toward more r efficient irrigation;; Seasonal forecasts for optimum vegetation o selection and improved e water use efficiency; n RiverWare and BASINSS Second-generation data from missions and models (e.g., snow, surface water, full column soil moisture)
r R Incorporation of NASA’s SPoRT project’ss weather forecasts
Enhanced Decision Support
SSeasonal forecasts from m NASA’s SSeasonal to Interannual a Project ((NSIPP)
Improved o capability in DSSs S resulting t from the data, predictions, c information product p and new n science knowledge d
a m Improved capability of DSSs to modify d on short-term predictions d advice based (less than12 hours) of nominal and h events severe weather
v water supply and water a use potential for o a Improved a u in improved crop given area for the DSSs to result o selection
Partnership
GOALS/PARTNERS
Field Campaign
Improved capabilities of water managers to estimate water storage, model and predict water fluxes, and assess water quality
Improved assessments s of surface and subsurface s water storage and transport a
GRACE and AMSR, M combined with GLDAS and n LIS projects
International water w assessment and DSSs S enhancement
Additional information a on current precipitation t and potential crop water t use statistics; better kknowledge of current crop existence e (higher accuracy)
Deployment of Land D d Data Assimilation SSystems (LDAS) and vegetation data sets e (from MODIS)
State 1 AWARDS ((c. 2002), Agricultural S Water Resources and W d Decision Support, limited m to real-time rainfall a and daily crop water use estimates; RiverWare and BASIN w
EARTH OBSERVING MISSIONS Landsat d 7
Terra
2003
Aqua
2005
GRACE
2007
LDCM D (Preformulation) m
2009
Where we are now Decision tools for water management sparsely use information on land cover, land cover change, short wave radiation, and precipitation provided by Earth observing satellites such as Aqua, Terra, and TRMM NASA missions Landsat 5 & 7 and AVHRR relied upon for assessment of water quality and anomaly detec tion NASA data products incorporated into NOAA and Air Force data sets are occasionally picked up by distrib uted users
2004
HYDROS
GPM
2011
NPOESS
2013
Where we plan to be Earth science missions OCO, HYDROS, and Aquarius provide measurements of atmospheric carbon, soil moisture, and ocean salinity that are seamlessly inte grated into all appropriate DST modules, including weather and climate model systems that are coupled to DSTs Space-based tracking of water storage changes beneath the Earth’s surface allow for monitoring of changes in aquifer water storage NASA resources for augmenting USDA DSTs and its soil moisture model, SWAT, identified and implemented
2012
Unfunded Funded
Water Management
DecisionSupport Tool
EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH
DECISION-SUPPORT INPUTS
State 2 AWARDs (c. c 2014) Three Forecasts of precipitation e and daily crop water use toward more r efficient irrigation;; Seasonal forecasts for optimum vegetation o selection and improved e water use efficiency; n RiverWare and BASINSS Second-generation data from missions and models (e.g., snow, surface water, full column soil moisture)
r R Incorporation of NASA’s SPoRT project’ss weather forecasts
Enhanced Decision Support
SSeasonal forecasts from m NASA’s SSeasonal to Interannual a Project ((NSIPP)
Improved o capability in DSSs S resulting t from the data, predictions, c information product p and new n science knowledge d
a m Improved capability of DSSs to modify d on short-term predictions d advice based (less than12 hours) of nominal and h events severe weather
v water supply and water a use potential for o a Improved a u in improved crop given area for the DSSs to result o selection
Partnership
GOALS/PARTNERS
Field Campaign
Improved capabilities of water managers to estimate water storage, model and predict water fluxes, and assess water quality
Improved assessments s of surface and subsurface s water storage and transport a
GRACE and AMSR, M combined with GLDAS and n LIS projects
International water w assessment and DSSs S enhancement
Additional information a on current precipitation t and potential crop water t use statistics; better kknowledge of current crop existence e (higher accuracy)
Deployment of Land D d Data Assimilation SSystems (LDAS) and vegetation data sets e (from MODIS)
State 1 AWARDS ((c. 2002), Agricultural S Water Resources and W d Decision Support, limited m to real-time rainfall a and daily crop water use estimates; RiverWare and BASIN w
EARTH OBSERVING MISSIONS Landsat d 7
Terra
2003
Aqua
2005
GRACE
2007
LDCM D (Preformulation) m
2009
Where we are now Decision tools for water management sparsely use information on land cover, land cover change, short wave radiation, and precipitation provided by Earth observing satellites such as Aqua, Terra, and TRMM NASA missions Landsat 5 & 7 and AVHRR relied upon for assessment of water quality and anomaly detec tion NASA data products incorporated into NOAA and Air Force data sets are occasionally picked up by distrib uted users
2004
HYDROS
GPM
2011
NPOESS
2013
Where we plan to be Earth science missions OCO, HYDROS, and Aquarius provide measurements of atmospheric carbon, soil moisture, and ocean salinity that are seamlessly inte grated into all appropriate DST modules, including weather and climate model systems that are coupled to DSTs Space-based tracking of water storage changes beneath the Earth’s surface allow for monitoring of changes in aquifer water storage NASA resources for augmenting USDA DSTs and its soil moisture model, SWAT, identified and implemented
2012
