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#           Eyes on Earth Episode 111 – Mendenhall Fellow’s Drought Forecasting      

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      By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center       January 22, 2024    

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Meet the EROS Mendenhall Fellow who is working on innovative ways to use algorithms and Landsat data to forecast drought.

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In this episode, we spoke to Mikael Hiestand, a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow. Using algorithms developed at EROS, Mikael is working on near-term drought forecasting. With synthetic Landsat data, he found that predicting evapotranspiration could be used as a means of drought prediction and monitoring. The Mendenhall Fellowship allows people who have just completed their PhD an opportunity to work on research with USGS scientists and prepare for their career.

**Guest**: Mikeal Hiestand, USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Physical Scientist

**Host**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Producer**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date**: Monday, January 22, 2024

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### **More about the Mendenhall Fellowship and Evapotranspiration:**

                                - Publication: SSEBop Evapotranspiration Estimates Using Synthetically Derived Landsat Data from the Continuous Change Detection and Classification Algorithm
                                - USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program
                                - LCMAP: Continuous Change Detection Classification (CCDC) Products
                                - Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration

 

## Related Episodes

                          -  -  April 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 22 – Meet the Mendenhall Fellow
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection
-  November 16, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s Cropland
Every year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) uses data from satellites like Landsat to estimate crop types and crop yields in the United States. The result is the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), which offers an annual look at more than 100 crop categories across the country.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  February 24, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 17 - Evapotranspiration
It’s easy enough to measure rainfall, and nearly as easy to measure streamflow. Calculating the efficiency of water use through the metric of evapotranspiration (ET) – evaporation off the Earth’s surface and transpiration from the leaves of plants – is a far trickier proposal.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
 

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Michelle Bouchard

##### Communications and Outreach

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

mbouchard@usgs.gov

605-594-6168

### Explore Search

                      - Food Security
                      - Landsat 
                      - Water Use Trends and Dynamics
                      - Human Health and Food Security
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Science Technology
                      - Water
                      - Drought
                      - Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program
                      - Mendenhall Fellowship
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - Evapotranspiration

View All **

Meet the EROS Mendenhall Fellow who is working on innovative ways to use algorithms and Landsat data to forecast drought.

Return to Eyes on Earth Homepage

View Media Details

View

View Media Details

In this episode, we spoke to Mikael Hiestand, a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow. Using algorithms developed at EROS, Mikael is working on near-term drought forecasting. With synthetic Landsat data, he found that predicting evapotranspiration could be used as a means of drought prediction and monitoring. The Mendenhall Fellowship allows people who have just completed their PhD an opportunity to work on research with USGS scientists and prepare for their career.

**Guest**: Mikeal Hiestand, USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Physical Scientist

**Host**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Producer**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date**: Monday, January 22, 2024

Download and Transcript Access

### **More about the Mendenhall Fellowship and Evapotranspiration:**

                                - Publication: SSEBop Evapotranspiration Estimates Using Synthetically Derived Landsat Data from the Continuous Change Detection and Classification Algorithm
                                - USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program
                                - LCMAP: Continuous Change Detection Classification (CCDC) Products
                                - Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration

 

## Related Episodes

                          -  -  April 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 22 – Meet the Mendenhall Fellow
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection
-  November 16, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s Cropland
Every year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) uses data from satellites like Landsat to estimate crop types and crop yields in the United States. The result is the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), which offers an annual look at more than 100 crop categories across the country.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  February 24, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 17 - Evapotranspiration
It’s easy enough to measure rainfall, and nearly as easy to measure streamflow. Calculating the efficiency of water use through the metric of evapotranspiration (ET) – evaporation off the Earth’s surface and transpiration from the leaves of plants – is a far trickier proposal.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
 

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Michelle Bouchard

##### Communications and Outreach

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

mbouchard@usgs.gov

605-594-6168

### Explore Search

                      - Food Security
                      - Landsat 
                      - Water Use Trends and Dynamics
                      - Human Health and Food Security
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Science Technology
                      - Water
                      - Drought
                      - Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program
                      - Mendenhall Fellowship
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - Evapotranspiration

View All **