# Presentation: 868825

## AGU 2006 FALL MEETING

**Programmatic Perspectives on Using ‘Rapid Prototyping Capability’ for Water Management Applications Using NASA Products**
**David Toll****1****, Lawrence Friedl****2****, Jared Entin****2****,**
** ****and Edwin T. Engman****3**
*1-Hydrological Sciences NASA/GSFC*
*2- Applied Sciences Program, NASA/HQ*
*3- NASA/GSFC/SAIC*
- _[David.L.Toll@NASA.Gov](mailto:David.L.Toll@NASA.Gov)_
-  **13 Dec. 2006**

- Goulburn-Murray Water

## Overview

**1) ****NASA Water Science to Applications**
**2)**** NASA Water Management Program**
**	******** ****Floods & Streamflow Predictions**
** ****	******** ****Irrigation & Water Delivery**
**	******** ****Drought**
**	******** ****Water Quality**
**	**
**3) How RPC may Improve Effectiveness of the Water Management Program**

## Slide 3

## NASA Hydrology Related Missions

- Global Precipitation Measurement

## NASA’s APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM

**Public Health**

**NASA’s APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM**
**12 Applications of National Priority**

##  NASA APPLIED SCIENCES SOLUTION SPACE

## Water Management Program Functional Themes – ‘ISS’ Projects

**Water Management Program Functional Themes – ‘ISS’ Projects**

**IRRIGATION & WATER DELIVERY**
- Three Water Management  projects are currently addressing various aspects of improving ET estimates for use in the BoR AWARDS-ET Toolbox and similar DSTs.  Focus on using MODIS data and LDAS/LIS estimates of & soil moisture.

**FLOODS & STREAMFLOW FORECASTING**
- Three Water Management projects
- - NOAA led examining improved streamflow for River Forecast Centers.
- - Using NASA satellite and modeling products for Seasonal Forecast in W. US
-  - NASA-NOAA-USGS Flash Flood Project using NASA products and modeling.

**DROUGHT**
- Project assesses the potential for AMSR-E, Quickscat/Sea Winds and MODIS satellite products to improve the performance of multi-agency US Drought Monitor.  Also in support of the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS).

**WATER QUALITY**
- Nonpoint source pollution project to assess the impact of MODIS land data products and impact of LIS precipitation and ET products to improve the continuous hydrologic model, HSPF, used in the EPA BASINS DST.

## I. FLOODS AND STREAMFLOW FORECASTING

## NASA -  BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATER SUPPLY & FORECASTRiverWare Decision Support Tools

- D. Boyle/DRI

**NASA -  BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATER SUPPLY & FORECAST****RiverWare Decision Support Tools**

***Aqua***

**(NOAA)**

**(BoR-USDA)**

**(NASA)**

**Regulating Reservoirs**

**NASA LIS Modeling**

**Notes:**
Example of our NASA Land Information System to Integrate satellite data such as from Aqua and Terra with field measurements, station data and simulation modeling to provide more accurate estimates and in this case snow water equivalent useful for snow melt forecasts for reservoir regulation and hydro-electric power generation.

## NASA-NOAA/NCEP Improved Weather Forecasting Using

**NASA-NOAA/NCEP Improved Weather Forecasting Using**
** ****NASA Satellite Products & Land Information System (LIS)**

**Currently Used by NOAA NCEP in Global Forecast & Climate Forecast Systems**

## University of Washington Forecast Systemhttp://www.hydro.washington.edu

**At UW, started testing hydrologic uses of real-time climate forecasts in 2000, for East Coast**
**Started producing water supply forecasts in 2001**
**Started testing snow assimilation techniques in 2003**
**Launched SW Monitor in 2005**
**NASA Water Mgmt**
**Western US Seasonal Forecast (2006-2008)**

**Western US Seasonal**
** ****Forecast System**
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- APR

- MAY

- JUN

**Notes:**
Another new feature is that we’re now plotting up several analyses of snow observations, and these update on a daily basis.  We’ve been automatically downloading the data for a long time for use in our assimilation, and the goal here was to show the west-wide conditions at a single glance, something that’s hard to find elsewhere.  

Note, in addition to the NRCS snotel points, we also have the California DWR snow pillows, and the Env. Canada snow pillows in the Columbia R. drainage.
There are about 5 plots – some of which are for changes during the last week or two. 

## II. Water Supply and Irrigation Delivery

## Slide 13

## (R. Allen, University of Idaho)

**(R. Allen, University of Idaho)**

## III. Drought

## Portal for the National Integrated Drought Information System

**Portal for the National Integrated Drought Information System**
**(NIDIS)**

## Drought Monitor Study by JPL/USGS/NOAA Using NASA Products (Gheim and Verdin)

** ****AMSR-E monthly averaged soil moisture (volumetric %) for August 2002 showing dry conditions over western U.S..**

**QSCAT ****daily maps of surface water increase due to precipitation (left panels), and USDM weekly drought maps (right panels) showing changes in drought conditions.**

**Drought Monitor Study by JPL/USGS/NOAA Using NASA Products ****(Gheim and Verdin)**

**AMSR-E**

## IV. Water Quality

## BASINS-HSPF: Precipitation & Evapotranspiration for Flow, & Land Cover Disturbances

**BASINS-HSPF:** **Precipitation & Evapotranspiration for Flow, & Land Cover Disturbances**
- • **Rain Gauges not  Representative of Precipitation Events **
**•**** ****Satellite/Doppler Spatial Data Compliments Gauge Data**
**• ****MODIS/Landsat derived defoliation for estimating Nitrate exports**** **

**Modeled Flow Estimations for NE Anacostia Basin**

**NASA-EPA Study Using NASA Products for Nonpoint Source Water Quality**

## WATER MANAGEMENT & RAPID PROTYPING CAPABILITY

## Solutions Networking

## RPC: Enhancing USDA SCAN USING NASA PRODUCTS

**RPC: Enhancing USDA SCAN USING NASA PRODUCTS**

**Analysis of soil moisture for natural resources conservation**

- (Anantharaj
- and others)

## Extending South American Land Data Assimilation System (SALDAS)

**For Argentina Crop Production**

**South American **** forecasts where initialized using soil moisture fields from SALDAS generated surface fields. There were significant improvements in the precipitation, surface fluxes and atmospheric circulation.   LDAS atmospheric forcing, water balance and satellite products are used for assessment of crop production.  **

**RPC.  Building on the SALDAS along with multi-resolution NASA remote sensing and model data for enhanced approaches to end-to-end coupled land-hydrology-atmosphere modeling and observational systems applicable for crop production for Argentina.**

- (O’Hara and others)

## RPC: Multi-resolution NASA Satellite and Modeling Data to Enhance

**RPC,****  ****extend ‘NASA-EPA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Study’ using ‘LIS’ precipitation & evapotranspiration (ET) products along with NASA land cover products (MODIS, HYPERION & Landsat) for the Jordan River Catchment in southern Mississippi.****   **

**MODIS land cover dynamic data sets to parameterize surface dynamics within BASINS to predict stream water quality (e.g., nitrogen concentrations) during the course of the year.****  **

-  EPA BASINS-HSPF Water Quality for Southern Mississippi Catchment

**SRTM Topography**

- BASINS

## 
I. Floods, Streamflow and Predictions
 NASA Missions such as Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) & Visible  Infrared Imager Radiometer (VIIRS).  Long Term Climate. Eastern US Seasonal Forecast.  Leverage to other Agencies (e.g., BoR to Army Corp of Engineers).

II. Irrigation and Water Delivery
 Future funding Lower Priority due to several currently funded projects.  Other Evapotranspiration Methods Using NASA Products (i.e., LIS and SEBAL/METRIC).  Soil Moisture as becomes more mature using remote sensing.

III. Drought
 Long Term NASA Support to National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS).  USDA SCAN soil moisture, etc.

IV. Water Quality
 High Priority.  Coastal areas receiving upland waters.  Direct remote sensing of fresh water quality (nutrients and sediments). 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES – NASA NSPIRES
 NASA ROSES - Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – Feb. 2007  

**I. Floods, Streamflow and Predictions**
****** ****NASA Missions such as Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) & Visible  Infrared Imager Radiometer (VIIRS).  Long Term Climate. Eastern US Seasonal Forecast.  Leverage to other Agencies (e.g., BoR to Army Corp of Engineers).**
**II. Irrigation and Water Delivery**
****** ****Future funding Lower Priority due to several currently funded projects.  Other Evapotranspiration Methods Using NASA Products (i.e., LIS and SEBAL/METRIC).  Soil Moisture as becomes more mature using remote sensing.**
**III. Drought**
****** ****Long Term NASA Support to National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS).  USDA SCAN soil moisture, etc.**
**IV. Water Quality**
****** ****High Priority.  Coastal areas receiving upland waters.  Direct remote sensing of fresh water quality (nutrients and sediments).**
**FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES – NASA NSPIRES**
****** ****NASA ROSES - ****Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – Feb. 2007**

**      ****Rapid Prototyping Capability for Water Management Applications        **