page_title: BAITSSS
section_title: Agriculture system applications and recognition
hierarchical_section_title: BAITSSS / Agriculture system applications and recognition
caption_attribution_description: English: Simulated cumulative seasonal evapotranspiration (ET) aggregated from hourly data in mm at 30 m spatial resolution using automated BAITSSS between 10 May and 15 September 2013 for Sheridan 6, Kansas, USA (black circles, water rights shapes).
context_page_description: BAITSSS is biophysical Evapotranspiration computer model that determines water use, primarily in agriculture landscape, using remote sensing-based information. It was developed and refined by Ramesh Dhungel and the water resources group at University of Idaho's Kimberly Research and Extension Center since 2010. It has been used in different areas in the United States including Southern Idaho, Northern California, northwest Kansas, and Texas.
context_section_description: BAITSSS was implemented to compute ET in southern Idaho for 2008, and in northern California for 2010. It was used to calculate corn  and sorghum ET in  Bushland, Texas for 2016, and multiple crops in northwest Kansas for 2013–2017. BAITSSS has been widely discussed among the peers around the world, including Bhattarai et al. in 2017 and Jones et al. in 2019. United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry listed BAITSSS in its climate change report. BAITSSS was also covered by articles in Open Access Government,, Landsat science team , Grass & Grain magazine,  and National Information Management & Support System (NIMSS). 
  
  In September 2019, the Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 4 (GMD 4) along with BAITSSS received national recognition from American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  AAAS highlighted 18 communities across the U.S. that are responding to climate change including Sheridan County, Kansas to prolong the life of Ogallala Aquifer by minimizing water use where this aquifer is depleting rapidly due to extensive agricultural practices . AAAS discussed the development and use of intricate ET model BAITSSS and Dhungel's and other scientists efforts supporting effective use of water in Sheridan County, Kansas.
  Furthermore, Upper Republican Regional Advisory Committee of Kansas (June 2019) and  GMD 4 discussed possible benefit and utilization of BAITSSS for managing water use, educational purpose, and cost-share. A short story about Ogallala Aquifer Conservation effort from Kansas State University and GMD4 using ET model was published in Mother Earth News (April/May 2020).
caption: Simulated cumulative seasonal evapotranspiration (mm at 30 m spatial resolution) from hourly weather data from NLDAS and Vegetation Indices from Landsat using  automated BAITSSS assuming 0.5 MAD between 10 May and 15 September 2013 for regulated groundwater management district; SD-6 LEMA, Kansas, United States (black circles, water rights shapes).
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