Landsat’s Role in Managing Water Resources
Water is essential for life. A third of Earth’s populace has unreliable access to clean water. With current population growth and environmental trends, the U.N. Environmental Program estimates that 1.8 billion people will face water scarcity by 2025. Water means survival for people and other species we rely upon to thrive, making proper stewardship of our water resources vital. Good decisions require good data. Since 1972 the Landsat series of satellites has been providing such data. Landsat-based decisions on how to manage limited water resources have impacted millions of people worldwide. From finding water for refugees in arid nations to reducing pollution in our national waterways, Landsat enables decisions that directly help people.
Managing Water in Conflict-Torn Regions
Understanding the relationship between land use and river flows in the Yarmouk basin.
The Secret Lives of Migrating Rivers
The avalanching dynamics of meandering rivers.
Extreme Event: 2012-2015 Snowpack Drought in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
The water year 2015 peak snowpack was found to be the lowest over the 65-year reconstruction of peak annual snow water equivalent.
Tracking Water Resources in California's Central Valley
A near real-time water resources tracking and decision-support system for the Central Valley of California.
Watching Water Dynamics
How much has surface water extent varied in space and time through the past 17 years?
Environmental Flows: Managing Water in the Murray Darling Basin
How seasonal flooding impacts riparian vegetation in Australia’s Murray Darling Basin.